Arum idaeum

Arum idaeum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Genus: Arum
Species:
A. idaeum
Binomial name
Arum idaeum
Coustur. & Gand. (1917)
Range of A. idaeum[1] (precise locations only)

Arum idaeum is a woodland plant species of the family Araceae. It is found on Crete.

Description

It has an ovate tuber.[3]

The plant grows 18–22 centimetres (7.1–8.7 in) tall. Stalk base and lower third of petioles is red-veined. Stem is white. Leaves immaculate, and smaller than some coterminous species; ovate-triangular in outline, their lobes horizontally lanceolate, peduncle equal to the leaves.[4]

Spathe is usually almost white, shorter, concolorous, white appendix, far exceeding the spathe, male ring much shorter than female.[4]

Berry is angular, ovate.[5]

Distribution and habitat

It has been recorded at elevations of 1060–1981 m.[1] It often grows under thickets of Berberis cretica.[3]

Ecology

Flowers June–July.[3]

Taxonomy

Together with Arum creticum it has been placed in subsection Cretica,[6] which has been confirmed through genetic testing. They are estimated to have split about 2.2 Mya. No other species are related within 5 Mya.[7]

It was discovered as a species on Mount Ida in 1913–1914 by botanists Paul Cousturier and Michel Gandoger.[3]

References

Bibliography

  • GBIF (2025-05-23). "Arum idaeum Coustur. & Gand. Occurrence Download". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. doi:10.15468/dl.je2nan.
  • Kew (2023). "Arum rupicola Boiss". International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants.
  • Linz, Jeanine; Stökl, Johannes; Urru, Isabella; Krügel, Tamara; Stensmyr, Marcus C.; Hansson, Bill S. (2010-04-01). "Molecular phylogeny of the genus Arum (Araceae) inferred from multi–locus sequence data and AFLPs". Taxon. 59 (2): 405–415. Bibcode:2010Taxon..59..405L. doi:10.1002/tax.592006. eISSN 1996-8175.
  • Kite, Geoffrey C.; et al. (2000). "Inflorescence odours and pollinators of Arum and Amorphophallus (Araceae)" (PDF). Reproductive Biology in Systematics, Conservation and Economic Botany. pp. 295–315. ISBN 1900347628.
  • Boyce, Peter C. (1989). "A New Classification of Arum with Keys to the Infrageneric Taxa". Kew Bulletin. 44 (3): 383–395. Bibcode:1989KewBu..44..383B. doi:10.2307/4110359. ISSN 0075-5974. JSTOR 4110359.
  • Cousturier, Paul; Gandoger, Michel (1916). "Herborisations en Crète (1913–1914)". Bulletin de la Société botanique de France. 63 (published 1917): 1–15. ISSN 0181-1789.