Biology:Amorphophallus margaritifer

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Amorphophallus margaritifer
Amorphophallus margaritifer.jpg
Young plant in Bangladesh
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Genus: Amorphophallus
Species:
A. margaritifer
Binomial name
Amorphophallus margaritifer
(Roxb.) Kunth[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • (Roxb.) Schott Roxb.
  • Plesmonium dubium Arum margaritiferum
  • Schott Plesmonium margaritiferum

Amorphophallus margaritifer is a species of plant in the arum family Araceae, native from India to Myanmar.[1]

Description

Amorphophallus margaritifer is an annual herbaceous plant.[2][3]

Distribution and habitat

Uses

The peduncles are used as a vegetable.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Amorphophallus margaritifer (Roxb.) Kunth", Plants of the World Online (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew), https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:84399-1, retrieved 2020-10-04 
  2. "Amorphophallus margaritifer (Roxb.) Kunth". https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/244530. 
  3. Bogner, J. (1995). "A Remarkable New Amorphophallus (Araceae) from India". Kew Bulletin 50 (2): 397–400. doi:10.2307/4110646. 
  4. Sourav, Md Sharif Hossain; Halder, Ronald (2016-05-01). "Rediscovery of Amorphophallus margaritifer (Roxb.) Kunth (Araceae) from Bangladesh". Tropical Plant Research 3 (2): 361–363. http://www.tropicalplantresearch.com/archives/?year=2016&vol=3&issue=2&ArticleId=126. 

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