Botanical family · Alismatales
Araceae
Arum family
37 species in this family
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.
- Spadix inflorescence with spathe bract
- Calcium oxalate raphides; often toxic raw
- Monocot; often large net-veined leaves
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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