Botanical Family · Alismatales
Araceae
Arum family
37 speciesOrder Alismatales8+ well-known plants
The arum family of monocots, including many popular houseplants (Monstera, Philodendron, Dieffenbachia) and important foods (taro, Colocasia). Inflorescence is a fleshy spike (spadix) enclosed in a large bract (spathe). Many produce calcium oxalate crystals causing irritation.
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How to recognise the Araceae family
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Spadix inflorescence with spathe bract
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Calcium oxalate raphides; often toxic raw
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Monocot; often large net-veined leaves
Typical leaf characters
Characters typical of the family — individual species can vary.
Typical flower & fruit
- Flower symmetryVariable
- InflorescenceSpike
- FruitVariable
Typical of the family — flowering plants only; species can vary.
Notable members
Sweet Flag, Sweet RootAcorus calamusChinese EvergreenAglaonema commutatumGiant TaroAlocasia macrorrhizosDevil's TongueAmorphophallus bulbiferDragon Stalk YamAmorphophallus commutatusElephant Foot YamAmorphophallus paeoniifoliusWight's Twisted ArumAnaphyllum wightiiPainter's-PaletteAnthurium andraeanum
All 37 species in ARACEAE
- Sweet Flag, Sweet RootAcorus calamus
- Chinese EvergreenAglaonema commutatum
- Giant TaroAlocasia macrorrhizos
- Devil's TongueAmorphophallus bulbifer
- Dragon Stalk YamAmorphophallus commutatus
- Elephant Foot YamAmorphophallus paeoniifolius
- Wight's Twisted ArumAnaphyllum wightii
- Painter's-PaletteAnthurium andraeanum
- Painter's-PaletteAnthurium andraeanum
- Shield Leaf AriopsisAriopsis peltata
- Kerala Cobra LilyArisaema leschenaultii
- Murray's Cobra LilyArisaema murrayi
- Whipcord Cobra LilyArisaema tortuosum
- Whipcord Cobra LilyArisaema tortuosum var. neglectum
- Heart Of JesusCaladium bicolor
- Taro, Cocoyam, Wild TaroColocasia esculenta
- TuftrootDieffenbachia picta
- TuftrootDieffenbachia seguine
- Golden PothosEpipremnum aureum
- Dragon-TailEpipremnum pinnatum
- Malayan SwordLagenandra ovata
- Spiny LasiaLasia spinosa
- Split Leaf PhilodendronMonstera deliciosa
- Nile Cabbage, Water Lettuce, Water Bonnets, Tropical Duck-WeedPistia stratiotes
- Climbing AroidPothos scandens
- Hitchhiker Elephant EarRemusatia vivipara
- Voodoo LilySauromatum venosum
- Peace LilySpathiphyllum wallisii
- Goosefoot-PlantSyngonium podophyllum
- Dwarf Voodoo LilyTyphonium roxburghii
- Arrowleaf Elephant's EarXanthosoma sagittifolium
- Arum LilyZantedeschia aethiopica
- Amorphophallus konkanensis
- Cryptocoryne cognatoides
- Lagenandra toxicaria
- Sauromatum pedatum
- Typhonium flagelliforme
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