Biology:Amorphophallus commutatus

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Amorphophallus commutatus
Dragon StalkYam.jpg
Dragon stalk yam in various stages
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Genus: Amorphophallus
Species:
A. commutatus
Binomial name
Amorphophallus commutatus
Synonyms
  • Conophallus commutatus Dunal
  • Amorphophallus commutatus var. wayanadensis Poir.

Amorphophallus commutatus, or dragon stalk yam (Marathi- shevale, mogari kanda; Hindi- jungli suran),[1] is a plant species in the family Araceae. Amorphophallus is a large genus of some 170 tropical and subtropical tuberous herbaceous plants, which includes the world's largest flower, titan arum.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q15315272 entry