Arum dioscoridis
Species of flowering plant / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Arum dioscoridis, commonly known as the Spotted arum, is a plant of the arum family (Araceae).
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Alismatales |
Family: | Araceae |
Genus: | Arum |
Species: | A. dioscoridis |
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The plant was described by James Edward Smith in Flora Graeca (1816). The species is named after the ancient Greek physician and botanist Pedanius Dioscorides.
The plant is native to forests in the east of the Mediterranean in southern Turkey, Cyprus, Greece and the Middle East.