View source for Orontium ← Orontium You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Orontium |accepted_authority=Linnaeus |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Sp. Pl. |place=1: 324. 1753; Gen. Pl. ed. 5; 151, 1754 |year=1754 }} |common_names=Golden-club |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Araceae;Orontium |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Araceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Orontium]]</div></div> |etymology=ancient Greek name for plant that grew on River Orontes |volume=Volume 22 |mention_page= |treatment_page= }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism growth form"><b>Herbs,</b> wetland.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="rhizome orientation"><b>Rhizomes </b>vertical.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf quantity;leaf location;leaf growth form or location;leaf arrangement or growth form"><b>Leaves </b>appearing before flowers, several, emergent or sometimes floating, clustered;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="petiole length or size">petiole longer than blade;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="base prominence;base pubescence;base reflectance;base architecture;base architecture;base shape;base shape;apex orientation or shape;apex shape;apex shape">blade abaxially paler green, adaxially dark bluish green with distinctive velvety sheen, simple, not peltate, oblongelliptic, base acute to obtuse or sometimes oblique, apex rounded-apiculate or short-acuminate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="blade coloration;blade coloration;blade coloration;blade coloration;blade arrangement">venation parallel to midvein except near base.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="peduncle orientation;peduncle variability;peduncle length or size;apex shape"><b>Inflorescences:</b> peduncle reclining in fruit, usually equal to or longer than leaves, apex swollen;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="spathe presence">spathe absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="spadix shape">spadix long-conic.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="flower reproduction;distal flower architecture"><b>Flowers </b>mostly bisexual, the distal staminate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="perianth presence">perianth present.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="fruit coloration"><b>Fruits </b>partially embedded in spadix, green to blue-green.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties=""><b>Seed </b>1, embedded in mucilage.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="seed quantity;x chromosome quantity">x = 13.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=e United States;primarily on coastal plain |discussion=<p>The leaf sheathing the peduncle, which has been interpreted as the spathe in Orontium, is a sympodial leaf and is not equivalent to the spathe of other Araceae (T. S. Ray 1988). Orontium also differs in several other characteristics from the presumably related genera Lysichiton and Symplocarpus and has been segregated as a monogeneric tribe (M. H. Grayum 1990).</p><!-- --><p>Species 1.</p> |tables= |references={{Treatment/Reference |id=grear1966a |text=Grear, J. W. Jr. 1966. Cytogeography of Orontium aquaticum (Araceae). Rhodora 68: 25--34. }}{{Treatment/Reference |id=klotz1992a |text=Klotz, L. H. 1992. On the biology of Orontium aquaticum L. (Araceae), golden club or floating arum. Aroideana 15: 25--33. }} }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Orontium |authority=Linnaeus |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Araceae |distribution=e United States;primarily on coastal plain |reference=grear1966a;klotz1992a |publication title=Sp. Pl. |publication year=1754 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/62857cf6bca5c4637d27b113da92d27dbf9962f4/V22/V22_293.xml |genus=Orontium |apex orientation or shape=oblique |apex shape=swollen;short-acuminate;rounded-apiculate |base architecture=not peltate;simple |base prominence=distinctive |base pubescence=velvety |base reflectance=sheen |base shape=acute;obtuse |blade arrangement=parallel |blade coloration=green;dark bluish;green;paler green |distal flower architecture=staminate |flower reproduction=bisexual |fruit coloration=green;blue-green |leaf arrangement or growth form=clustered |leaf growth form or location=floating |leaf location=emergent |leaf quantity=several |peduncle length or size=longer |peduncle orientation=reclining |peduncle variability=equal |perianth presence=absent |petiole length or size=longer |rhizome orientation=vertical |seed quantity=1 |spadix shape=long-conic |spathe presence=absent |whole_organism growth form=herb |x chromosome quantity=13 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Araceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Araceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Template:Treatment/Reference (view source) Return to Orontium.