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dracontium

Taxon

Arisaema dracontium (L.) Schott

Protologue Melet. Bot. 17. 1832BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Arisaema dracontium--TX. Harris Co. Sheldon Lake St Pk. 26 Apr 08. 002.jpg

Arisaema dracontium--TX. Harris Co. Sheldon Lake St Pk. 26 Apr 08. 002.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Arisaema dracontium--TX. Harris Co. Sheldon Lake St Pk. 26 Apr 08. 004.jpg

Arisaema dracontium--TX. Harris Co. Sheldon Lake St Pk. 26 Apr 08. 004.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Arisaema dracontium--TX. Harris Co. Sheldon Lake St Pk. 26 Apr 08. 005.jpg

Arisaema dracontium--TX. Harris Co. Sheldon Lake St Pk. 26 Apr 08. 005.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Arisaema dracontium--TX. Harris Co. Sheldon Lake St Pk. 26 Apr 08. 001.jpg

Arisaema dracontium--TX. Harris Co. Sheldon Lake St Pk. 26 Apr 08. 001.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Arisaema dracontium--TX. Harris Co. Sheldon Lake St Pk. 26 Apr 08. 003.jpg

Arisaema dracontium--TX. Harris Co. Sheldon Lake St Pk. 26 Apr 08. 003.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Arisaema dracontium--TX. Harris Co. Sheldon Lake St Pk. 26 Apr 08. 006.jpg

Arisaema dracontium--TX. Harris Co. Sheldon Lake St Pk. 26 Apr 08. 006.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to 37 botanical countries across Northern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

April 26, 2008

Location

United States, Texas, Harris (Houston)

29.8595, -95.161083

Location Remarks

Sheldon Lake State Park, 15315 Beaumont Highway, Houston

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Alismatales

Family

Araceae

Genus

Arisaema

Specific Epithet

dracontium

Authorship

(L.) Schott

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 24.2

Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

2.1

Global rank

#14,058 of 335,497

Top 5%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →