Araceae, plantes monocotylédones dans les tropiques, lithographie, publiés 1897 - Illustrations

The Araceae are a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants. Their distribution covers almost the whole earth, but most species occur in the tropics. Designation: 1) Spathicarpa hastifolia (or Spathicarpa sagittifolia); 2) Anthurium andreanum; 3) Anthurium pedatoradiatum; 4) Caladium bicolor; 5) Japanese Cobra Lily (Arisaema ringens, or Arisaema praecox); 6) Arisarum proboscideum; 7) Alocasia macrorrhiza (or Alocasia macrorrhizos); 8) Dieffenbachia Leopoldi; 9) American bittersweet (Celastrus scandens, or Photos scadens); 10) Xanthosoma violaceum; 11) Steudnera colocasiifolia; 12) Philodendron glaziovii; 13) Philodendron cannifolium; 14) Lacy tree philodendron (Philodendron bipinnatifidum, or Philodendron bipinnatifolium); 15) Dracontium gigas; 16) Konjak (Amorphophallus konjac, or Amorphophallus rivieri). Lithograph after a drawing by Olof Winkler (German painter, 1843 - 1895), published in 1897.