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(Redirected from Homalonema) Genus of flowering plants

Homalomena
Homalomena rubescens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Subfamily: Aroideae
Tribe: Homalomeneae
Genus: Homalomena
Schott
Diversity
c. 160 species
Synonyms
  • Chamaecladon Miq.
  • Curmeria Linden & André
  • Cyrtocladon Griff.
  • Diandriella Engl.
  • Spirospatha Raf.

Homalomena is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. Homalomena are native to tropical Asia and China. 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.

Some authors have proposed splitting the genus and moving all the neotropical species of Homalomena to Adelonema.

Homalomena occulta

Selected species

Main article: List of Homalomena species

See also

References

  1. ^ "Homalomena Schott". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. "Flora of China Vol. 23 Page 17, 千年健属 qian nian jian shu, Homalomena Schott in Schott & Endlicher, Melet. Bot. 20. 1832". Archived from the original on 2013-10-15. Retrieved 2014-08-16.
  5. "Aroid genera". Archived from the original on 2010-02-17. Retrieved 2010-03-01.
  6. "The Überlist of Araceae, 2013" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2013-07-05. Retrieved 2013-07-05.
  7. "Tropicos, Missouri Botanical Garden". Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2014-08-16.
  8. "The Systematics of Araceae". Archived from the original on 2012-11-19. Retrieved 2013-07-05.

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Taxon identifiers
Homalomena
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