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.

Araceae, large family of flowering plants (order Alismatales) comprising more than 4,000 species in over 140 genera. Members of Araceae occur worldwide but are most common in the tropics. The family includes many climbers and herbaceous plants as …

Araceae, large family of flowering plants (order Alismatales) comprising more than 4,000 species in over 140 genera. Members of Araceae occur worldwide but are most common in the tropics. The family includes many climbers and herbaceous plants as …

The Araceae, also known as the Arum family or Aroids, is a widespread family of flowering plants with over 140 genera and 4,000 identified species. They belong to the Alismateles order of the Plantae kingdom, sharing distant ties with water lilies and plantains.

ARACEAE P. Acevedo-Rodríguez A cosmopolitan family (except for the arctic zone) with ~145 genera and 3,200 species of terrestrial, epiphytic or aquatic, large to minute, erect, prostrate or hanging, commonly rhizomatous herbs, or root-climbing vines. In the Neotropics, the family contains 50 genera and

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.

Species in the arum family are mostly small perennial herbs, though the family encompasses a wide variety of growth forms. Many of the species are aquatic or wetland plants, but a few grow in uplands. New England has two distinct groups of plants in this family: the aroids and the thalloids.

The Acoraceae differs from the Araceae in having ensiform, unifacial leaves, perispermous/endospermous seeds, and aromatic (ethereal) oil cells, and in lacking raphide crystals. Members of the Acoraceae are distributed in the Old World and North America.

The Araceae is divided into eight sub-families: Sub-family I. Arodeae: Latex sacs straight, flowers with or without perianth. Stamens free or in synandria. Examples: Arum, Typhonium, etc. Sub-family II. Calloideae: Leaves fever sagittate, Latex sacs present, Flowers bisexual, naked. Example: Calla. Sub-family III. Colocasioideae:

The Araceae are a family of herbaceous monocots with 125 genera and about 3750 species including the Lemnaceae. The vast majority of the genera occur in the New World tropics. Members of the family are highly diverse in life forms, …