Biarum
Biarum | |
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Biarum tenuifolium | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Alismatales |
Family: | Araceae |
Subfamily: | Aroideae |
Tribe: | Areae |
Genus: | Biarum Schott 1832 |
Range of the genus Biarum. | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Biarum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. It is composed of plants that are native to the Middle East, southern Europe (Spain, Portugal, Italy, Balkans), and North Africa.[1][2][3][4] Biarum are often found growing in rock crevices and graveled soil composed largely of limestone.
The leaves of Biarum can be similar to
camouflaged so as to resemble stones. It's not entirely known how they are dispersed, but one idea is that they have evolved to avoid seed dispersal since doing so in such inhospitable environments might not be conducive to its reproduction.[5]
- Species
- Biarum aleppicum J.Thiébaut - Syria
- Biarum angustatum (Hook.f.) N.E.Br. - Syria, Israel
- Biarum auraniticum Mouterde - Syria
- Biarum bovei Blume - Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Iraq, Iran
- Biarum carduchorum (Schott) Engl. - Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Iraq, Iran
- Biarum carratracense (Willk.) Font Quer - southern Spain
- Biarum crispulum (Schott) Engl. - Turkey, Syria
- Biarum davisii Turrill - Crete
- Biarum dispar (Schott) Talavera - southern Spain, Sardinia, Algeria, Libya, Tunisia, Morocco
- Biarum ditschianum Bogner & P.C.Boyce - Turkey, Kastellorizo Island in Greece
- Biarum eximium (Schott & Kotschy) Engl. - Turkey, Jordan
- Biarum fraasianum (Schott) Nyman - Greece
- Biarum kotschyi (Schott) B.Mathew ex Riedl - Turkey
- Biarum marmarisense (P.C.Boyce) P.C.Boyce - Turkey, Symi Island in Greece
- Biarum mendax P.C.Boyce - southern Spain, Alto Alentejo Province in Portugal
- Biarum olivieri Blume - Egypt, Israel
- Biarum pyrami (Schott) Engl. - Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan
- Biarum rhopalospadix K.Koch - Greece
- Biarum straussii Engl. - Iran, Iraq
- Biarum syriacum (Spreng.) Riedl - Turkey, Syria
- Biarum tenuifolium (L.) Schott - Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece, Albania, Yugoslavia, Turkey
References
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1-560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ Boyce, P.C. (2008). A taxonomic revision of Biarum Araceae. Curtis's Botanical Magazine 209: 2-119.
- ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, Genere: Biarum includes photos and European distribution maps
- ISBN 0-88192-485-7.