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., 1862
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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 has the smell of rotting flesh, and is fly pollinated. This inflorescence can be up to 11 ft 4 in ( 3.4 meters) in height. 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 154 pounds (70 kilograms) in weight.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Amorphophallus gigas Teijsm. & Binn". Plants of the World Online. 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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