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Araceae
Description | The Araceae are a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants in which flowers are borne on a type of inflorescence called a spadix. The spadix is usually accompanied by, and sometimes partially enclosed in, a spathe or leaf-like bract. Also known as the arum family, members are often colloquially known as aroids. This family of 114 genera and about 3750 known species is most diverse in the New World tropics, although also distributed in the Old World tropics and northern temperate regions. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araceae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Liliopsida : Alismatales : Araceae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Angiospermae : Arales : Araceae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Araceae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Gen. Pl.: 23. 4 Aug | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 3 (21%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 101 - 72 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | photoautotroph (based on Angiospermae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | L. J. Hickey. 1977. Stratigraphy and paleobotany of the Golden Valley Formation (Early Tertiary) of western North Dakota. The Geological Society of America Memoir 150:1-183 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common Name(s) | Aronskelkfamilie, Kallaväxter, Myrkonglefamilien, Andmatsväxter, Aracées, Arum Family, Arums, Aronstabgewächse | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araceae |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Lemnoideae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
Orontioideae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Adelonema genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Aglaodorum genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Aglaonema genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Albertarum genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Alloschemone genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Alocasia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ambrosina genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Amorphophallus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Amydrium genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Anadendrum genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Anaphyllopsis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Anaphyllum genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Anchomanes genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Anthurium genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Anubias genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Apoballis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Araceaeites genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Aridarum genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ariopsis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Arisaema genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Arisarum genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Arophyton genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Arum genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Asterostigma genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Bakoa genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Biarum genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Bognera genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Bucephalandra genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Caladiosoma genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Caladium genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Calla genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Callopsis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Carlephyton genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Cercestis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Chlorospatha genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Cobbania âśť genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Colletogyne genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Colocasia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Croatiella genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Cryptocoryne genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Culcasia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Cyrtosperma genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Dieffenbachia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Dracontioides genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Dracontium genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Dracunculus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Eminium genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Englerarum genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Epipremnum genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Fenestratarum genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Filarum genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Furtadoa genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Galantharum genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Gearum genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Gonatopus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Gorgonidium genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Gymnostachys genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Hapaline genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Helicodiceros genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Hestia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Heteropsis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Holochlamys genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Homaida genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Homalomena genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Idimanthus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Incarum genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Jasarum genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Keratosperma genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 48.6 Ma Eocene | 48.6 Ma Eocene | |
Lagenandra genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lasia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lasimorpha genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lemna genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 32 | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Leucocasia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lorenzia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lysichiton genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lysichitum genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Mangonia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Monstera genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Montrichardia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Nephthytis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ooia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Orontium genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pedicellarum genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Peltandra genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Philodendron genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Philonotion genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Phymatarum genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pichinia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pinellia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Piptospatha genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pistia genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | 0.13 Ma Pleistocene | |
Podolasia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Porosia genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Pothoidium genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pothos genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Protarum genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pseudodracontium genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pseudohydrosme genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pycnospatha genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Raphidophora genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Remusatia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Rhaphidophora genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Rhodospatha genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Sauromatum genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scaphispatha genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Schismatoglottis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Schottariella genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Schottarum genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scindapsus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Solenosterigma genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Spathantheum genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Spathanthium genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Spathicarpa genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Spathiphyllum genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Spathyema genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Spirodela genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
Stenospermation genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Stenospermatum genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Steudnera genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Stylochaeton genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Symplocarpus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synandrospadix genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Syngonium genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Taccarum genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Thaumatophyllum genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Theriophonum genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Typhonium genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Typhonodorum genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ulearum genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Urospatha genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Wolffia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Wolffiella genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Xanthosoma genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Zamioculcas genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Zantedeschia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Zomicarpa genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Zomicarpella genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Araciphyllites schaarschmidtii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Araciphyllites tertiarius species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Cadaba heterophylla species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Polypodium barbatum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Rhapidophora cretosa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scindapsis rupestris species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Sylochaeton euryphyllus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Sylochaeton hypogaeus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Sylochaeton lancifolius species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Sylochaeton natalensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Xanthosma bilineatum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Xanthosma yucatanense species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Obsolete Names
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1789 | Araceae de Jussieu |
1977 | Araceae Hickey |
1993 | Araceae McIver and Basinger |
2000 | Araceae Mabberley |
2008 | Araceae Taylor et al. p. 1029 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!