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Arophyton
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Arophyton

Arophyton is a genus of flowering plants in the Araceae family. It consists of 7 species that are found only in northeast Madagascar. Arophyton are tuberous plants with a few rhizomatous species that go through a dormant period during the dry season.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Arophyton rhizomatosum

speciesArophyton rhizomatosum

Arophyton humbertii

speciesArophyton humbertii

Arophyton crassifolium

speciesArophyton crassifolium

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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 468005.