Arum sintenisii

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Arum sintenisii
Arum sintenisii in cultivation
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Genus: Arum
Species:
A. sintenisii
Binomial name
Arum sintenisii
(Engl.) P.C.Boyce
Synonyms[1]
  • Arum orientale subsp. elongatum var. sintenisii Engler
  • Arum orientale subsp. sintenisii (Engl.) P.C.Boyce

Arum sintenisii, known as Sintenis arum, is a flowering plant species in the family Araceae.

Arum sintenisii is a tuberous herbs that spreads clonally through discoid horizontally-oriented tubers.[2] Flowers are borne on a spadix, partially enclosed in a green spathe with a purple internal lining.[2]

Germination is epigeal.[2]

Habitat

It grows in uncultivated Olea europaea groves at altitudes of 50 to 200 meters near Kythrea in northern Cyprus.[2][1] It was recently reported from southwestern Turkey.[3]

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