The Araceae are a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants in which flowers are borne on a type of inflorescence called a spadix. The spadix is usually accompanied by, and sometimes partially enclosed in, a spathe (or leaf-like bract). Also known as the arum family, members are often colloquially known as aroids.

Araceae, large family of flowering plants (order Alismatales) comprising more than 4,000 species in over 140 genera. Members of Araceae occur worldwide but are most common in the tropics. The family includes many climbers and herbaceous plants as …

Araceae, large family of flowering plants (order Alismatales) comprising more than 4,000 species in over 140 genera. Members of Araceae occur worldwide but are most common in the tropics. The family includes many climbers and herbaceous plants as …

The Araceae, also known as the Arum family or Aroids, is a widespread family of flowering plants with over 140 genera and 4,000 identified species. They belong to the Alismateles order of the Plantae kingdom, sharing distant ties with water lilies and plantains.

The Acoraceae differs from the Araceae in having ensiform, unifacial leaves, perispermous/endospermous seeds, and aromatic (ethereal) oil cells, and in lacking raphide crystals. Members of the Acoraceae are distributed in the Old World and North America.

This is a list of genera in the plant family Araceae. As currently circumscribed, the family contains over 3700 species into approximately a hundred genera. The family's taxonomy remains in flux, and a full taxonomic treatment integrating the mass of phylogenetic data that has become available in the last 10 years remain to be produced.

The Araceae is divided into eight sub-families: Sub-family I. Arodeae: Latex sacs straight, flowers with or without perianth. Stamens free or in synandria. Examples: Arum, Typhonium, etc. Sub-family II. Calloideae: Leaves fever sagittate, Latex sacs present, Flowers bisexual, naked. Example: Calla. Sub-family III. Colocasioideae:

The Araceae family, often referred to as the aroid family, is a diverse and captivating group of plants that includes over 140 genera and approximately 3,750 species.

The Araceae are a family of herbaceous monocots with 125 genera and about 3750 species including the Lemnaceae. The vast majority of the genera occur in the New World tropics. Members of the family are highly diverse in life forms, …

The major edible Araceae are Colocasia esculenta and several species of Xanthosoma, grown primarily for their corms and sometimes for their leaves. Most North American species of Araceae were historically used by Native Americans, as both food and medicine (T. Plowman 1969).