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Araceae
Family of flowering plants / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Arecaceae or Araliaceae.
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 3,750 known species[3] is most diverse in the New World tropics, although also distributed in the Old World tropics and northern temperate regions.
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Araceae | |
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Inflorescence of Spathiphyllum cochlearispathum | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Alismatales |
Family: | Araceae Juss.[2] |
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