Alloschemone Explained

Alloschemone is a genus of evergreen root climbing plants[1] in the family Araceae that is native to the Amazon region of Bolivia and Brazil.[2] [3] There are only two species in the genus and both are extremely rare. These two species are Alloschemone occidentalis and Alloschemone inopinata. At one point in history, the genus Alloschemone was dissolved and added to Scindapsus, but it has since been reinstated after further observations of the plants.[4]

Species

  1. Alloschemone inopinata Bogner & P.C.Boyce - Amazonas State of western Brazil
  2. Alloschemone occidentalis (Poepp.) Engl. & K.Krause - Brazil and Bolivia

Notes and References

  1. https://www.aroid.org/gallery/boyce/A%20Revision%20of%20Alloschemone%20Schott%20-%20%5BAroideana%2024%2C%2080_92%5D%20-%20Bogner%2C%20Boyce%20%26%20Sakuragui%202001.pdf A Revision of Alloschemone Schott
  2. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=6219 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Bown, Deni (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family [ILLUSTRATED]. Timber Press.
  4. Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1-560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.