Arisarum Mill. sec CATE Araceae, 2009 urn:lsid:cate-araceae.org:taxon:5ca8b088-6bfb-1014-a918-dc439151c9e5
Mill. 1754. Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4.
Distinguishing Features
Small, seasonally dormant geophytes; leaves few (1-3), blade cordate-sagittate, with reticulate fine venation; spathe tube with connate margins; spadix with sterile terminal appendix; flowers unisexual, perigone absent; female zone adnate to spathe. Differs from Arisaema in always having both sexes present in the same inflorescence, lower spathe margins connate and simple leaf blades.
Distribution
Macaronesia, Medit. to W. Transcaucasus.
