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Arum apulum

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant in the family Araceae}}

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|image = Apulian arum, Bari, Apulia, IT imported from iNaturalist photo 267361815.jpg

|status = VU

|status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Wagensommer, R.P. |date=2017 |title=Arum apulum |volume=2017 |page=e.T13133499A83442507 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T13133499A83442507.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}

|genus = Arum

|species = apulum

|authority = (Carano) P.C.Boyce

|synonyms_ref = {{sfn|Boyce|1993}}

|synonyms = {{Specieslist

|Arum nigrum var. apulum|Carano

|Arum apulum|(Carano) Bedalov

}}

}}

Arum apulum, known as Apulian arum, is a flowering plant species in the family Araceae.

Description

Arum apulum is a tuberous herbs that spreads clonally through discoid vertically oriented tubers.{{sfn|Boyce|1993}} Flowers are borne on a spadix.{{sfn|Boyce|1993}}

Its flowers release a dung scent detectable by pollinators of the Sphaeroceridae and Chironomidae families. The dominant volatile compounds are l-decene, dimethyl-octadiene, and p-cresol.{{sfn|Kite|2000}}{{sfn|Gibernau|Macquart|Przetak|2004}}

Habitat

The species is endemic to Italy, where it grows in low scrub at altitudes of 300 to 400 meters in central Apulia.{{sfn|Boyce|1993}} It is threatened by habitat destruction.

Taxonomy

Within the genus Arum, it belongs to subgenus Arum, section Dioscoridea, and subsection Dischroochiton.{{sfn|Boyce|1993}}

A. apulum is tetraploid, with a chromosome count of 2n = 56.{{sfn|Boyce|1993}}

References

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Bibliography

  • {{cite journal |date=2004 |first1=Marc |last1=Gibernau |first2=David |last2=Macquart |first3=Gilles |last3=Przetak |title=Pollination in the genus Arum – a review |pages=148–166 |url=https://www.aroid.org/gallery/gibernau/aroideana/0270009.pdf |journal=Aroideana |issn=0197-4033 |volume=27}}
  • {{cite book |date=2000 |first=Geoffrey C. |last=Kite |display-authors=etal |chapter=Inflorescence odours and pollinators of Arum and Amorphophallus (Araceae) |pages=295–315 |chapter-url=https://www.aroid.org/gallery/boyce/Inflorescence%20odours%20%26%20pollinators%20Arum%20%26%20Amoprphophallus%20-%20%5BReproductive%20Biology%2C%20ed.%20Owens%20%26%20Rudall%20295-315%5D%20-%20Kite%20et%20al.%201998.pdf |title=Reproductive Biology in Systematics, Conservation and Economic Botany |isbn=1900347628}}
  • {{cite book |date=1993-05-14 |first=Peter C. |last=Boyce |publisher=Kew Royal Botanic Gardens |title=The Genus Arum |isbn=0112500854}}

External links

  • {{Cite POWO|id=971681-1|title=Arum apulum}}

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Category:Cormous plants

Category:Garden plants of Europe

Category:Flora of Italy

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Category:Plants described in 1934

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