Eminium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. The genus ranges from Turkey and Egypt east to Central Asia.[2][3] 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.[4]
- Species[2]
- Eminium albertii (Regel) Engl. – Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan
- Eminium heterophyllum (Blume) Schott – Iran, Iraq, Turkey
- Eminium intortum (Banks & Sol.) Kuntze – Turkey, Syria
- Eminium jaegeri Bogner & P.C.Boyce – Iran
- Eminium koenenianum Lobin & P.C.Boyce – Turkey
- Eminium lehmannii (Bunge) Kuntze – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan
- Eminium rauwolffii (Blume) Schott – Turkey, Syria
- Eminium regelii Vved. – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
- Eminium spiculatum (Blume) Schott – Egypt, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran
Gallery
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E. lehmannii -
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E. spiculatum
References
- ^ Pohl in Das Pflanzenreich of Engler – “Das Pflanzenreich” Vol. 73-74 (1920)
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ 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.
- ^ Bown, Demi (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-485-7.