Filarum
Species of plant
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Filarum is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. The single species making up the genus is Filarum manserichense. It is found growing in the amazonian region of northeastern Peru.[1] 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. The fertile male flowers of Filarum are unique in that they have hairlike attachment to them.[2]
| Filarum | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Araceae |
| Subfamily: | Aroideae |
| Tribe: | Caladieae |
| Genus: | Filarum Nicolson |
| Species: | F. manserichense |
| Binomial name | |
| Filarum manserichense Nicolson | |
