Montrichardia Crueg. sec CATE Araceae, 2009 urn:lsid:cate-araceae.org:taxon:5cb53d81-6bfb-1014-a918-dc439151c9e5
Crueg. 1854. Bot. Zeitung (Berlin). 12: 25
Distinguishing Features
Robust to gigantic, rhizomatous helophytes forming large colonies along rivers with erect aerial stems and well-developed internodes sometimes bearing prickles; leaves borne in apical crown; leaf blade cordate-sagittate to hastate (rarely trisect), fine venation reticulate; spadix fertile to apex, male and female zones contiguous; flowers unisexual, perigone absent; stamens free; berries furrowed and excavated at apex, seeds large, brown.
