Homalomena

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Genus of flowering plants

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::summary Genus of flowering plants ::

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  • 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 ms, 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. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Homalomena_occulta_-Saigon_Zoo_and_Botanical_Gardens-_Ho_Chi_Minh_City,Vietnam-_DSC01251.JPG" caption="''[[Homalomena occulta]]''"] ::

Selected species

Main article: List of Homalomena species

References

References

  1. "''Homalomena'' Schott".
  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.".
  5. "Aroid genera".
  6. "The Überlist of Araceae, 2013".
  7. "Tropicos, Missouri Botanical Garden".
  8. "The Systematics of Araceae".

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