| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Authors: | Goncalves, E. G. |
| Journal: | Aroideana; Journal of the International Aroid Society |
| Volume: | 33 |
| Start Page: | 143 |
| Pagination: | 160 |
| Keywords: | Anthurium, Araceae, Asterostigma., Limestone, Philodendron, Taccarum. Spathicarpa, Xanthosoma |
| Abstract: | Limestone outcrops are considered insular biomes for plants that need richer soils mainly in areas such as Central Brazil, in which poor soils are clearly predominant. Because of this peculiar situation, plants restricted to these areas are clearly threatened by limestone mining. In Central-western Brazil, at least 6 aroid genera ( Anthuriu m , Asteros tigma , Philodendron, Spathicarpa, Taccarum and Xanthosoma) and 18 species can be found growing in limestone outcrops and are here briefly described and illustrated. |
Taxonomic name:
Anthurium (Araceae), Araceae (Araceae), Philodendron (Araceae), Xanthosoma (Araceae), Anthurium affine (Araceae), Anthurium paraguayense (Araceae), Anthurium pentaphyllum (Araceae), Anthurium plowmanii (Araceae), Asterostigma cryptostylum (Araceae), Philodendron flumineum (Araceae), Philodendron lundii (Araceae), Philodendron mayoi (Araceae), Philodendron mello-barretoanum (Araceae), Philodendron minarum (Araceae), Philodendron undulatum (Araceae), Spathicarpa gardneri (Araceae), Spathicarpa hastifolia (Araceae), Taccarum crassispathum (Araceae), Taccarum weddellianum (Araceae), Xanthosoma pentaphyllum (Araceae), Xanthosoma plowmanii (Araceae), Xanthosoma syngoniifolium (Araceae)