Dracunculus canariensis is a plant belonging to the Dracunculus Genus and Araceae Family.[1][2]
Description
editThe 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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Araceae |
| Genus: | Dracunculus |
| Species: | D. canariensis
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| Dracunculus canariensis Kunth (1841)
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Ecology
editDracunculus 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
edit- ^ a b c d Boyce, P. C. (1994). The genera Dracunculus and Helicodiceros (Araceae: Aroideae). Thaiszia, 4, 175-182.
- ^ 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
External links
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