Arum concinnatum
| Arum concinnatum | |
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| Arum concinnatum inflorescence | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Araceae |
| Genus: | Arum |
| Species: | A. concinnatum
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| Binomial name | |
| Arum concinnatum Schott
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Arum concinnatum, commonly known as the Crete arum, is a flowering plant species in the family Araceae.
Habitat[edit]
Arum concinnatum occurs in a variety of habitats including ditches, wet areas and Olea europaea groves from sea level to 350 meters of altitude.[1] The species occurs from the southern tip of the Peloponnese to south-western Turkey, as well as most eastern Mediterranean islands.[1]
Taxonomy[edit]
Within the genus Arum, it belongs to subgenus Arum and section Arum.[2] The species is related to Arum italicum,[2][3] with which it shares similar horizontally-oriented rhizomatous tubers and hexaploid chromosome counts (2n = 84).[1]
A. concinnatum is often incorrectly called Arum byzantinum in horticulture. However, the true A. byzantinum is a smaller diploid species from NW Turkey with small, purple spadix appendices.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e Boyce, Peter (1993). The Genus Arum. London: HMSO. ISBN 0-11-250085-4.
- ^ a b Linz, J.; Stökl, J.; Urru, I.; Krügel, T.; Stensmyr, M.C.; Hansson, B.S. (2010). "Molecular phylogeny of the genus Arum (Araceae) inferred from multi-locus sequence data and AFLP". Taxon. 59 (2): 405–415.
- ^ Espíndola, A.; Buerki, S.; Bedalov, M.; Küpfer, P.; Alvarez, N. (2010). "New insights into the phylogenetics and biogeography of Arum (Araceae): unravelling its evolutionary history". Taxon. 163: 14–32.
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