Aridarum Explained

Aridarum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. All of the known species in this genus are rheophytic and are endemic to the Island of Borneo.^{[1] [2]} The plant is aquatic and has willow-shaped leaves that are able to take strong currents without sustaining damage.^[3]

Species

1. Aridarum borneense (M.Hotta) Bogner & A.Hay - Sarawak
2. Aridarum burttii Bogner & Nicolson - Sarawak
3. Aridarum caulescens M.Hotta - Sarawak, Brunei
4. Aridarum crassum S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce - Sarawak
5. Aridarum incavatum H.Okada & Y.Mori - Borneo
6. Aridarum minimum H.Okada - Borneo
7. Aridarum montanum Ridl. - Sarawak
8. Aridarum nicolsonii Bogner - Sarawak, West Kalimantan
9. Aridarum purseglovei (Furtado) M.Hotta - Sarawak
10. Aridarum rostratum Bogner & A.Hay - West Kalimantan

Formerly placed here

• Hera hebe (as Aridarum hebe)^[4]

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=15190 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. 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.
3. Bown, Deni (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. .
4. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77193881-1 Hera hebe (S.Y.Wong, S.L.Low & P.C.Boyce) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce