Culcasia P.Beauv. sec CATE Araceae, 2009 urn:lsid:cate-araceae.org:taxon:5cae0d19-6bfb-1014-a918-dc439151c9e5
P.Beauv. 1805. Fl. Oware. 1: 3
Distinguishing Features
Root-climbing hemi-epiphytes or creeping terrestrials; petiole geniculate apically; leaf blade with resin canals and reticulate fine venation; spathe boat-shaped, not or hardly constricted; spadix fertile to apex; flowers unisexual, perigon absent; stamens free. Differs from Cercestis in leaf blades always simple, acute to rounded at base, ovaries 1-3 locular, spadix stipitate or sessile, male and female zones sometimes separated by zone of sterile flowers, and lacking flagelliform shoots.
