Homalomena
Homalomena | |
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Homalomena rubescens | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Alismatales |
Family: | Araceae |
Subfamily: | Aroideae |
Tribe: | |
Genus: | Homalomena Schott |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Homalomena is a genus of flowering plants within the family Araceae. Homalomena are primarily found in southern Asia and the southwestern Pacific, but there are a few species that are known to be indigenous to Latin America.[1][2][3] Many Homalomena have a strong smell of anise. The name derives apparently from a mistranslated Malayan vernacular name, translated as homalos, meaning flat, and mene = moon.
The plants of this genus are clump-forming evergreen perennials with mainly heart-shaped or arrowheaded shaped leaves. The flowers are tiny and without petals, enclosed in a usually greenish spathe hidden by the leaves.[4]
The Tamils knew of this plant for more than 3000 years. It is called merugu (Tamil: மெருகு ) and it is used for several purposes including curing stomach disorders, piles, and phlegm. Several oils like kumaraguru enney, merugulli enney, and merugu pachai enney are prepared to cure various type of diseases.[5]
Some authors have proposed splitting the genus and moving all the neotropical species of Homalomena to Adelonema.[6][7] At the present time (August 2014), Tropicos, The Plant List, and the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families have opted not to accept this change.[8][1][9]
- Species[1]
- A.Hay - western New Guinea
- Alderw. - Sulawesi
- Kurniawan & P.C.Boyce - Kalimantan Timur
- P.C.Boyce & S.Y.Wong - Sarawak
- Ridl. - Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo
- (Spreng.) Schott - Yunnan, Assam, Bangladesh, Indochina
- Baharuddin & P.C.Boyce - Perak
- Alderw. - Sumatra
- Engl. & K.Krause - Papua New Guinea
- P.C.Boyce, S.Y.Wong & Fasih - Sarawak
- Engl. - Sumatra
- Schott - Java
- Ridl. - Sumatra
- P.C.Boyce, S.Y.Wong & Fasih. - Sarawak
- Engl. - Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Yunnan, Guangdong
- Furtado - Peninsular Malaysia
- (Schott) Engl. - Thailand, Borneo, Sumatra
- Schott - Java, Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Furtado - Jahore
- Engl. - Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador
- Alderw. - Sumatra
- Ridl. - Perak
- Engl. - Melaka
- A.Hay - New Guinea
- Y.C.Hoe - Sarawak
- Ridl. - New Guinea
- Alderw. - Sumatra
- Engl. - Sumatra
- A.Hay & Hersc. - Sumatra
- (Mart. ex Schott) Engl. - Costa Rica, northwestern Brazil
- A.Hay & Hersc. - Sarawak
- M.Hotta - Sumatra
- Schott - New Guinea, Maluku, Philippines
- L.S.Tung, S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce - Sarawak
- Furtado - Sabah
- (Schott) Hook.f. - Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Vietnam, Borneo, Malaysia, Sumatra
- H.Li - Hainan
- Croat & Grayum - Costa Rica
- P.C.Boyce, S.Y.Wong & Fasih. - Sarawak
- M.Hotta - Sumatra
- Ridl. - Sabah, Sarawak
- Furtado - Kelantan
- A.Hay - New Guinea
- (Jack) Hook.f. - Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Java, Sulawesi, Sumatra
- Hersc. & A.Hay - Papua New Guinea
- N.E.Br. - Borneo
- A.Hay - Papua New Guinea
- P.C.Boyce & S.Y.Wong - Sarawak
- A.Hay - New Guinea
- Hayata - Taiwan
- Furtado - Kelantan
- Furtado - Borneo
- Zulhazman, P.C.Boyce & Mashhor - Peninsular Malaysia
- Croat - Valle del Cauca in Colombia
- Ridl. - Sarawak
- Hook.f. - Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand
- Engl. - Borneo, Java, Sumatra
- Engl. - New Guinea
- (Rodigas) Ridl. - New Guinea
- Merr - Sumatra
- A.Hay - Papua New Guinea
- Griff. - Peninsular Malaysia
- Y.C.Hoe, S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce - Sarawak
- M.Hotta - Sumatra
- A.Hay - Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands
- (N.E.Br.) Engl. - Borneo
- Griff. - Peninsular Malaysia
- M.Hotta - Brunei
- Croat & Grayum - Chocó region of Colombia
- M.Hotta - Sumatra
- Furtado - Peninsular Malaysia
- (Schott) Engl. - Sumatra
- Hook.f. - Kelantan, Nicobar Islands
- Ridl. - Sumatra
- Alderw. - Borneo
- (Lour.) Schott - Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan
- (Schott) Ridl. - Borneo
- Engl. - Borneo
- M.Hotta - Sumatra
- Engl. - Palawan
- Engl. - Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands, New Guinea
- Mast. - Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia
- (Blume) Bakh.f. - Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Lesser Sunda Islands
- Engl. - Philippines, Lan Yü Islands of Taiwan
- (Linden & André) Regel - Costa Rica, Panama, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, the Guianas
- Sulaiman & P.C.Boyce - Perak
- Griff. ex Hook.f. - Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia
- A.Hay - New Guinea
- P.C.Boyce & S.Y.Wong - Brunei, Sarawak
- Engl. & K.Krause - western New Guinea
- Engl. - Brunei, Sarawak
- Bogner - Sumatra
- Engl. & K.Krause - New Guinea
- (Roxb.) Kunth. - Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Myanmar
- M.Hotta - Sumatra
- Ridl. - Sarawak
- (Schott) Engl. - Sumatra, Borneo
- Engl. - New Guinea
- Hook.f. - Peninsular Malaysia
- P.C.Boyce, S.Y.Wong & Fasih. - Sarawak
- Alderw. - Sumatra
- Regel - Peninsular Malaysia
- A.Hay - New Guinea
- Bogner & Moffler - Colombia
- A.Hay - Papua New Guinea
- Engl. & K.Krause - New Guinea
- P.C.Boyce & S.Y.Wong - Sarawak
- Engl. - Sarawak
- P.C.Boyce, S.Y.Wong & Fasih. - Sarawak
- Engl. - New Guinea
- S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce - Brunei
- Engl. - Borneo
- (Schott) Hook.f. - Myanmar, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia
- P.C.Boyce - Brunei, Sarawak
- Bogner & V.D.Nguyen - Vietnam
- Kurniawan & P.C.Boyce - Sulawesi
- P.C.Boyce, S.Y.Wong & Fasih. - Sarawak
- Schott - Pulau Pinang in Malaysia
- Homalomena wallisii Regel - Panama, Colombia, Venezuela
- Schott - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
- S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce - Brunei
- Schott - Java
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b c d Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ 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.
- ^ Boyce, P.C. & Wong, S.Y. (2009). Studies on Homalomeneae (Araceae) of Borneo IV: Homalomena specimens in the herbarium Beccarianum-Malesia (FI-B) of the Museo di Storia Naturale - Sezione Botanica "F.Parlatore" dell'Università di Firenze. Webbia; Raccolta de Scritti Botanici 64: 169-173.
- ^ Flora of China Vol. 23 Page 17, 千年健属 qian nian jian shu, Homalomena Schott in Schott & Endlicher, Melet. Bot. 20. 1832.
- ^ Bown, Deni (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family [ILLUSTRATED]. Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-485-7
- ^ Aroid genera
- ^ The Überlist of Araceae, 2013
- ^ Tropicos, Missouri Botanical Garden
- ^ "The Systematics of Araceae". Archived from the original on 2012-11-19. Retrieved 2013-07-05.
External links[]
- Aroideae
- Araceae genera