Biology:Xanthosoma hylaeae

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Short description: Species of plant in the family Araceae

Xanthosoma hylaeae
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Genus: Xanthosoma
Species:
X. hylaeae
Binomial name
Xanthosoma hylaeae
Engl. & K.Krause
Synonyms[2]

Xanthosoma purpuratum K.Krause

Xanthosoma hylaeae is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae, native to western South America and northern Brazil.[2] A night-bloomer, it uses a variety of scents to attract its pollinators, scarab beetles in the tribe Cyclocephalini.[3]

References

  1. Brummitt, N. (2013). "Xanthosoma hylaeae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T44392718A44398265. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T44392718A44398265.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44392718/44398265. Retrieved 31 May 2022. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Xanthosoma hylaeae Engl. & K.Krause" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/269320-2. 
  3. Maia, Artur Campos D.; Grimm, Christopher; Schubert, Mario; Etl, Florian; Gonçalves, Eduardo Gomes; Do Amaral Ferraz Navarro, Daniela Maria; Schulz, Stefan; Dötterl, Stefan (2019). "Novel Floral Scent Compounds from Night-Blooming Araceae Pollinated by Cyclocephaline Scarabs (Melolonthidae, Cyclocephalini)". Journal of Chemical Ecology 45 (2): 204–213. doi:10.1007/s10886-018-1018-1. PMID 30229355. 

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