Dracunculus canariensis

Dracunculus canariensis is a plant belonging to the Dracunculus Genus and Araceae Family.[1][2]

Description

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The plant's stem has a Palish green exterior whist the petals of the plant have a greenish white interior. The plant is able to produce up to 50 berries that go from a greenish color, to an orangish hue when ripe. The yellow stem, or spadix, uses a semen-like odor to attract flies, wasps, bees, and other insects for pollination of the spathe.[1]

Dracunculus canariensis
 
Scientific classification  
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Genus: Dracunculus
Species:
D. canariensis
Binomial name
Dracunculus canariensis
Kunth (1841)

Ecology

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Dracunculus canariensis can be found solely in the Canary Islands: Gran Canaria, La Palma, Tenerife.[1] It can be cultivated in Laurel forests, open, dry woodland, and scrubby fields.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Boyce, P. C. (1994). The genera Dracunculus and Helicodiceros (Araceae: Aroideae). Thaiszia, 4, 175-182.
  2. ^ Kunth, K. S. (1841). Enumeratio plantarum omnium hucusque cognitarum : secundum familias naturales disposita, adjectis characteribus, differentiis et synonymis (Vol. 3). Stutgardiae,et Tubingae, sumtibus J.G. Cottae, 1833-1850. doi:https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.67381
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