Back Araceae AF لوفية Arabic لوفيه ARZ Araceae AST Aroidkimilər AZ Ароннікавыя BE Ароньнікавыя BE-X-OLD Змиярникови Bulgarian Araceae BS Aràcies Catalan
| Araceae Temporal range: Early Cretaceous[1] - Recent
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| Inflorescence of Spathiphyllum cochlearispathum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Araceae Juss.[2] |
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The Araceae are a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants in which flowers are borne on a type of inflorescence called a spadix. The spadix is usually accompanied by, and sometimes partially enclosed in, a spathe (or leaf-like bract). Also known as the arum family, members are often colloquially known as aroids. This family of 114 genera and about 3,750 known species[3] is most diverse in the New World tropics, although also distributed in the Old World tropics and northern temperate regions.
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