Furtadoa

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Alismatales

Familia: Araceae
Subfamilia: Aroideae
Tribus: Homalomeneae
Genus: Furtadoa
Species: F. mixta – F. sumatrensis
Name

Furtadoa M.Hotta, Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 32: 142 (1981)
Type species: Furtadoa sumatrensis M.Hotta, Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 32: 142 (1981)

References

Hotta, M. 1981. Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica 32: 142.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Furtadoa in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Nov. 18. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2014. Furtadoa. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 18 2014.
Tropicos.org 2014. Furtadoa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Nov. 18.

Furtadoa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. It consists of only two species: Furtadoa mixta and Furtadoa sumatrensis.[1] The genus was described in 1981 by Mitsuru Hotta with one species endemic on Sumatra.[2] In 1985 Hotta transferred a preexisting species of Homalomena (the West Malaysian H. mixtum Ridl.) to Furtadoa.[3] Both described species of Furtadoa have stems that creep, and root along their length (a very rare condition in related Homalomena), and leathery elliptical leaves. The inflorescence is carried on a long peduncle, with the spathes unconstricted, and either green, reddish brown, or purple-grey. The spadix is unique by having the male flowers (except for those at the tip of the spadix) each associated with a sterile female flower (a pistillode) in addition to each fertile female flower being associated with a sterile male flower (staminode).[4]

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Hotta, M. (1981). A new genus of the family Araceae from West Sumatra. Acta Phytotaxonomica Geobotanica. 32 (5-6): 142-146.
Hotta, M. (1985). New species of the genus Homalomena (Araceae) from Sumatra with a note on the genus Furtadoa. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 38(1): 43-54
Brown, Deni (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-485-7.