Araceae or the Arum Family is a family of monocotyledonous plants. It is from the order of Arismatales. Members of this family are also known as Aroids. This family has about 117 genera and 3,368 species. They are mostly from the tropics and northern temperate regions.
Araceae inflorescence usually appears on a spadix which is surrounded by a single leaf-like bract. This bract is called a spathe. Due to this, the flowers of this family are rather popular as cut flowers or as house plants.
Araceae family members are usually rhizomatous or tuberous. The leaves are very different in each species. The flowers have both male and female parts present on the spadix. Males are organized at the top and females at the lower. In these flowers, the stigma is no longer receptive when the poles are released so it cannot self-fertilize. Some members are thermogenic which means they produce heat. When the air gets cold they can still monitor the temperature, sometimes as high as 45ºC or 113ºF. This helps them survive colder weather patterns. The heat also attracts insects to pollinate the plants.
The subfamilies in the Araceae family include:
Gymnostachydoideae
Orontioideae
Lemnoideae
Pothoideae
Monsteroideae
Lasioideae
Zamioculcadoideae
Aroideae
The genera in the Araceae family of plants include:
Acontias
Aglaodorum
Aglaonema
Alloschemone
Alocasia
Amauriella
Ambrosina
Amorphophallus
Amydrium
Anadendrum
Anaphyllopsis
Anaphyllum
Anchomanes
Anthurium
Anubias
Apoballis
Aridarum
Ariopsis
Arisaema
Arisarum
Arophyton
Arum
Asterostigma
Bakoa
Biarum
Bognera
Bucephalandra
Caladium
Calla
Callopsis
Carlephyton
Cercestis
Chlorospatha
Colletogyne
Colocasia
Croatiella
Cryptocoryne
Culcasia
Cyrtosperma
Dieffenbachia
Dracontioides
Dracontium
Dracunculus
Dunalia
Eminium
Epipremnum
Filarum
Furtadoa
Gearum
Gonatopus
Gorgonidium
Gymnostachys
Hapaline
Helicodiceros
Helicophyllum
Hestia
Heteropsis
Holochlamys
Homaida
Homalomena
Incarum
Jasarum
Lagenandra
Lasia
Lasimorpha
Lemna
Lysichiton
Lysichitum
Mangonia
Massowia
Monstera
Montrichardia
Nephthytis
Ooia
Orontium
Pedicellarum
Peltandra
Philodendron
Philonotion
Phymatarum
Pichinia
Pinellia
Piptospatha
Pistia
Podolasia
Pothoidium
Pothos
Protarum
Pseudodracontium
Pseudohydrosme
Pycnospatha
Raphidophora
Remusatia
Rhaphidophora
Rhodospatha
Richardia
Sauromatum
Scaphispatha
Schismatoglottis
Schottariella
Scindapsus
Spathantheum
Spathicarpa
Spathiphyllum
Spirodela
Stenospermation
Steudnera
Stylochaeton
Stylochiton
Symplocarpus
Synandrospadix
Syngonium
Taccarum
Theriophonum
Typhonium
Typhonodorum
Ulearum
Urospatha
Wolffia
Wolffiella
Xanthosoma
Zamioculcas
Zantedeschia
Zomicarpa
Zomicarpella
