Amydrium Schott sec CATE Araceae, 2009 urn:lsid:cate-araceae.org:taxon:5c8d0739-6bfb-1014-a918-dc439151c9e5
Schott 1863. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi. 1: 127
Distinguishing Features
Climbing hemiepiphytes on tree trunks or creeping on forest floor; trichosclereids only sparsely present in vegetative parts; higher order leaf venation completely reticulate; flowers bisexual, ovary 1-locular, placenta 1, intrusive parietal, ovules 2; seeds subglobose to heart-shaped. Notable among Monsteroid genera for the combination of reticulate fine venation and absence of perigone.
