Tribe Zomicarpeae Higher classification Arum | Scientific name Filarum Rank Genus | |
Similar Protarum, Ulearum, Spathantheum, Pseudohydrosme, Callopsis | ||
Filarum is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the Araceae family. The single species making up the genus is Filarum manserichense. It is found growing in the amazonian region of northeastern Peru.Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1-560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The fertile male flowers of Filarum are unique in that they have hairlike attachment to them.
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