Amorphophallus gigas
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Araceae |
| Genus: | Amorphophallus |
| Species: | A. gigas
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| Amorphophallus gigas Teijsm. & Binn.[1]
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Amorphophallus gigas is a plant in the Arum, or Calla Lily, Family, (Araceae) native to Sumatra.[1][2] It is also known as Amorphophallus brooksii. It resembles its near relative Amorphophallus titanum in having a very large spadix surrounded by a very large spathe. In both species the inflorescence can be up to 11 ft 4 in ( 3.4 meters) in height, has the smell of rotting flesh, and is fly pollinated. According to Bown, the record specimen was 4.36 meters (14 feet) in height, of which 1.5 meters (five feet) was the spadix.[3] The tuber, a corm, is second in size only to A. titanum at up to 70 kilograms (154 pounds) in weight.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Amorphophallus gigas Teijsm. & Binn". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
- ^ A. Hay; P.C. Boyce; W.L.A. Hetterscheid; N. Jacobsen; J. Murata; J. Bogner (1995). "Checklist of the Araceae of Malesia, Australia, and the tropical western Pacific region". Blumea. Supplement. 8 (1): 1–161.
- ^ Bown, Deni (2000). Aroids - Plants of the Arum Family (Second ed.). Portland: Timber Press. p. 234. ISBN 978-1-60469-201-3.
- ^ Koernicke, M. (September 1938). "Amorphophallus". Feddes Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis. 101: 190.
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