Filarum
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(unranked): | Angiosperms
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(unranked): | Monocots
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Genus: | Filarum Nicolson
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Filarum is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. The single species making up the genus is Filarum manserichense. It is found growing in the amazonian region of northeastern Peru.[1] Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1–560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The fertile male flowers of Filarum are unique in that they have hairlike attachment to them.[2]
References[]
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Brown, Deni (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-485-7.
Categories:
- Aroideae
- Monotypic Araceae genera
- Endemic flora of Peru
- Araceae stubs