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The Überlist of Araceae, Totals for Published and Estimated Number of Species in Aroid Genera P.C The Überlist of Araceae, Totals for Published and Estimated Number of Species in Aroid Genera P.C. Boyce & T.B. Croat The Überlist of Araceae, Totals for Published and Estimated Number of Species in Aroid Genera Species per Species per Neotropical ‐ Neotropical ‐ Asia ‐ Asia ‐ North Boreal Africa Mediterranean Mascarene Is Australia Circumtropical genus published genus est. published estimated published estimated America Totals 3305 5422 1889 3143 1105 1968 2 7 152 78 20 23 29 Adelonema 13 20 13 20 Aglaodorum 11 11 Aglaonema 22 22 22 22 Alloschemone 2222 Alocasia 79 111 78 110 1 Ambrosina 11 1 Amorphophallus 196 218 153 175 35 7 1 Amydrium 55 55 Anadendrum 12 35 12 35 Anaphyllopsis 3434 Anaphyllum 22 22 Anchomanes 66 6 Anthurium 905 1500 905 1500 Anubias 88 8 Apoballis 12 20 12 20 Aridarum 716 716 Ariopsis 22 22 Arisaema 208 210 1 1 200 202 2 5 Arisarum 33 3 Arophyton 77 7 Arum 40 40 40 Asterostigma 8888 Bakoa 23 23 Biarum 21 21 21 Bognera 1111 Bucephalandra 315 315 Caladium 12 17 12 17 Calla 11 1 Callopsis 11 1 Carlephyton 33 3 Cercestis 10 10 10 Chlorospatha 28 71 28 71 Colletogyne 11 1 Colocasia 13 15 13 15 Croatiella 1111 Cryptocoryne 58 70 58 70 Culcasia 28 28 28 Cyrtosperma 13 13 13 13 Dieffenbachia 57 140 57 140 Dracontioides 2222 Dracontium 24 24 24 24 Dracunculus 22 2 Eminium 99 9 Epipremnum 15 18 15 18 Filarum 1111 Furtadoa 22 22 Gearum 1111 Gonatopus 55 5 Gorgonidium 8888 Gymnomesium 11 1 Gymnostachys 11 1 Current as of 10JAN2012 Page 1 of 3 The Überlist of Araceae, Totals for Published and Estimated Number of Species in Aroid Genera P.C. Boyce & T.B. Croat Species per Species per Neotropical ‐ Neotropical ‐ Asia ‐ Asia ‐ North Boreal Africa Mediterranean Mascarene Is Australia Circumtropical genus published genus est. published estimated published estimated America Totals 3305 5422 1889 3143 1105 1968 2 7 152 78 20 23 29 Hapaline 88 88 Helicodiceros 11 1 Hestia 11 11 Heteroaridarum 33 33 Heteropsis 17 20 17 20 Holochlamys 11 11 Homalomena 69 550 69 550 Hottarum 11 11 Incarum 1111 Jasarum 1111 Kapuasia 01 1 Lagenandra 15 15 15 15 Landoltia 11 1 Lasia 11 11 Lasimorpha 11 1 Lazarum 18 18 18 Lemna 13 13 13 Lorenzia 1111 Leucocasia 11 11 Lysichiton 22 11 Mangonia 2222 Monstera 38 60 38 60 Monstrichardia 2 2 2 2 Nephthytis 55 5 Nephthytis ‐ Asia 11 11 Ooia 23 23 Orontium 11 1 Pedicellarum 11 11 Peltandra 22 2 Philodendron 482 700 482 700 Philonotion 3333 Phyllotaenium 1111 Phymatarum 11 11 Pichinia 11 11 Pinellia 88 88 Piptospatha 10 20 10 20 Pistia 11 1 Podolasia 11 11 Pothoidium 11 11 Pothos 57 70 57 70 Protarum 11 1 Pseudohydrosme 22 2 Pycnospatha 22 22 Remusatia 44 44 Rhaphidophora 105 118 97 110 6 2 Rhodospatha 28 70 28 70 Sauromatum 99 99 Scaphispatha 2222 Schismatoglottis 101 250 101 250 Schottariella 11 11 Schottarum 15 15 Scindapsus 35 50 35 50 Spathantheum 2222 Current as of 10JAN2012 Page 2 of 3 The Überlist of Araceae, Totals for Published and Estimated Number of Species in Aroid Genera P.C. Boyce & T.B. Croat Species per Species per Neotropical ‐ Neotropical ‐ Asia ‐ Asia ‐ North Boreal Africa Mediterranean Mascarene Is Australia Circumtropical genus published genus est. published estimated published estimated America Totals 3305 5422 1889 3143 1105 1968 2 7 152 78 20 23 29 Spathicarpa 4747 Spathiphyllum 49 63 46 60 3 3 Spirodela 33 3 Stenospermation 50 250 50 250 Steudnera 99 99 Stylochaeton 25 25 25 Symplocarpus 55 44 1 Synandrospadix 1111 Syngonium 34 36 34 36 Taccarum 6666 Theriophonium 66 66 Typhonium 50 100 50 100 Typhonodorum 11 1 Ulearum 2222 Urospatha 11 15 11 15 Wolffia 11 11 11 Wolffiella 10 10 55 5 Xanthosoma 78 90 78 90 Zamioculcas 22 2 Zantedeschia 88 8 Zomicarpa 3333 Zomicarpella 2222 3305 5422 1889 3143 1105 1968 2 7 152 78 20 23 29 Current published: 3305 KEY: Neotropics Boreal Madagascar Estimated family total: 5422 Asian Tropics Tropical Africa Australia Europe & Mediterranean Current as of 10JAN2012 Page 3 of 3.
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