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Dracontium
Dracontium is a genus of flowering plants similar to those of Amorphophallus. Unlike Amorphophallus which is found in the Old World, this genus has a New World distribution and is native to South America, Central America, southern Mexico, and the West Indies.
29 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Dracontium pittieri
speciesDracontium pittieri
Dracontium gigas
speciesDracontium gigas
Dracontium polyphyllum
speciesDracontium polyphyllum
Dracontium spruceanum
speciesDracontium spruceanum
Dracontium asperum
speciesDracontium asperum
Dracontium croatii
speciesDracontium croatii
Dracontium purdieanum
speciesDracontium purdieanum
Dracontium soconuscum
speciesDracontium soconuscum
Dracontium nivosum
speciesDracontium nivosum
Dracontium amazonense
speciesDracontium amazonense
Dracontium longipes
speciesDracontium longipes
Dracontium grandispathum
speciesDracontium grandispathum
Dracontium fuscopunctatum
speciesDracontium fuscopunctatum
Dracontium angustispathum
speciesDracontium angustispathum
Dracontium peruvianum
speciesDracontium peruvianum
Dracontium bogneri
speciesDracontium bogneri
Dracontium dubium
speciesDracontium dubium
Dracontium grayumianum
speciesDracontium grayumianum
Dracontium plowmanii
speciesDracontium plowmanii
Dracontium ulei
speciesDracontium ulei
Dracontium guianense
speciesDracontium guianense
Dracontium asperispathum
speciesDracontium asperispathum
Dracontium iquitense
speciesDracontium iquitense
Dracontium laetum
speciesDracontium laetum
Dracontium narae
speciesDracontium narae
Dracontium prancei
speciesDracontium prancei
Dracontium albostipes
speciesDracontium albostipes
Dracontium annulatum
speciesDracontium annulatum
Dracontium margaretae
speciesDracontium margaretae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.210
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.348
Description of the Plants of America
Charles Plumier · 1693 · p.175
Description of the Plants of America
Charles Plumier · 1693 · p.174
Description of the Plants of America
Charles Plumier · 1693 · p.173
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Dracontium in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 180327.