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Genus of flowering plants

Pycnospatha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Subfamily: Lasioideae
Genus: Pycnospatha
Thorel ex Gagnep.

Pycnospatha is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. It contains only two species both of which are tuberous and endemic to Indochina (Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam).

  1. Pycnospatha arietina Gagnep. - Thailand, Cambodia, Quan Phu Quoc Island of Vietnam
  2. Pycnospatha palmata Gagnep. - Laos, Thailand

References

  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  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. Bown, Demi (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-485-7.
Taxon identifiers
Pycnospatha


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