Eminium Explained

Eminium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. The genus ranges from Turkey and Egypt east to Central Asia.^{[1] [2]} Usually they can be found growing in barren areas in sand or stony soil. The foliage of Eminium resembles Helicodiceros and its inflorescence and fruit resembles those of Biarum.^[3]

Species^[1]

1. Eminium albertii (Regel) Engl. - Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan
2. Eminium heterophyllum (Blume) Schott - Iran, Iraq, Turkey
3. Eminium intortum (Banks & Sol.) Kuntze - Turkey, Syria
4. Eminium jaegeri Bogner & P.C.Boyce - Iran
5. Eminium koenenianum Lobin & P.C.Boyce - Turkey
6. Eminium lehmannii (Bunge) Kuntze - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan
7. Eminium rauwolffii (Blume) Schott - Turkey, Syria
8. Eminium regelii Vved. - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
9. Eminium spiculatum (Blume) Schott - Egypt, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=66871 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, Demi (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. .