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Golden-clubs

Orontium

Orontium /ɒˈrɒntiəm/, sometimes called golden-club, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. The single living species in the genus is Orontium aquaticum, while the two other described species, Orontium mackii and Orontium wolfei, are known from fossils.

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1 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Golden Club

speciesOrontium aquaticum

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Golden-clubs in Six Groups of the History of Plants

Six Groups of the History of Plants

Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.202

Golden-clubs in Selected Illustrations of Plants Collected in Japan

Selected Illustrations of Plants Collected in Japan

Engelbert Kaempfer · 1712 · p.39

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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 51139.