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Araceae

Araceae: Arum Family
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Arales
Family: Araceae
Genera

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Synonyms and common names

Arum family

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Araceae (not to be confused with Arecaceae) is a family of monocots in which the flowers are borne on a spadix, with female flowers at the bottom and male flowers at the top, enclosed in a spathe. It includes the calla[?] and the largest flower in the world, Amorphophallus titanum. The taro (Colocasia esculenta) is also in this family.

References

http://biodiversity.uno.edu/delta/angio/www/araceae.htm
as of 2002-06-04

Children

wikipedia.org dumped 2003-03-17 with terodump