Arum sintenisii, known as Sintenis arum, is a flowering plant species in the family Araceae.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Araceae |
| Genus: | Arum |
| Species: | A. sintenisii
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| Arum sintenisii (Engl.) P.C.Boyce
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Description edit
Arum sintenisii is a tuberous herbs that spreads clonally through discoid horizontally-oriented tubers.[2] Flowers are borne on a spadix, partially enclosed in a green spathe with a purple internal lining.[2]
Habitat edit
It grows in uncultivated Olea europaea groves at altitudes of 50 to 200 meters near Kythrea in northern Cyprus.[2][1] It was recently reported from southwestern Turkey.[3]
Taxonomy edit
Within the genus Arum, it belongs to subgenus Arum, section Dioscoridea, and subsection Hygrophila.[4] It was previously thought to be a variety or subspecies of Arum orientale in subsection Dischroochiton,[2][1] but recent studies support a closer relationship with Arum hygrophilum.[4] A. sintenisii differs from A. orientale in the smell (sweet in A. sintenisii, foetid in A. orientale) and presentation of the inflorescence (produced at leaf level in A. sintenisii, below leaves in A. orientale), and the two were recognized as distinct in 1995.[1] A. sintenisii also differs in its larger size.[2] A. sintenisii has also been confused with A. hygrophilum; many records of A. hygrophilum from Cyprus are likely misidentifications of this species.[5]
A. sintenisii is diploid, with a chromosome count of 2n = 28.[6]
Uses edit
Cultivated edit
Arum sintenisii is cultivated as an ornamental plant, and is reported to survive mild winters in South East England.[2]
References edit
- ^ a b c d Boyce, P. (1995). "The genus Arum (Araceae) in Greece and Cyprus". Ann. Musei Goulandris. 9: 27–38. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
- ^ a b c d e f g Boyce, Peter (1993). The Genus Arum. London: HMSO. ISBN 0-11-250085-4.
- ^ Yıldırım, H.; Altıoğlu, Y. (2016). "Türkiye için yeni bir takson kaydı: Arum sintenisii (Engl.) P.C.Boyce (Araceae)". Bağbahçe Bilim Dergisi. 3 (1): 47–54. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
- ^ a b Linz, J.; Stökl, J.; Urru, I.; Krügel, T.; Stensmyr, M.C.; Hansson, B.S. (2010). "Molecular phylogeny of the genus Arum (Araceae) inferred from multi-locus sequence data and AFLP". Taxon. 59 (2): 405–415. doi:10.1002/tax.592006.
- ^ Boyce, P.C. (2002). "Arum - a Decade of Change". Aroideana. 29: 132–137.
- ^ Bedalov, M.; Matter, B.; Küpfer, P. (2006). "IOPB chromosome data 18". Newslett. Int. Organ. Pl. Biosyst. (Pruhonice). 34: 20.