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aristoflora

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Unknown Aroid from Barranco do Velho, Algarve (Portugal)
« on: December 03, 2015, 04:10:04 PM »
Hello!

I got some tubers of this aroid species from my last holiday trip in the Algarve - but unfortunately I can't identify the species more precisely. Is there anybody having an assumption what it might be?

Thanks in advance,
aristoflora
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Re: Unknown Aroid from Barranco do Velho, Algarve (Portugal)
« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2015, 07:33:06 PM »
Hi! I think that this is Arum italicum.
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Re: Unknown Aroid from Barranco do Velho, Algarve (Portugal)
« Reply #2 on: December 03, 2015, 08:59:22 PM »
I think you're pretty close! But A. italicum has 4 subspecies .... and there is another one A. cylindraceum obviously being quite similar...
How can I distinguish those species? Is it only possible through flower characteristics?
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Re: Unknown Aroid from Barranco do Velho, Algarve (Portugal)
« Reply #3 on: December 03, 2015, 09:13:25 PM »
Was it lifted from the wild?
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Re: Unknown Aroid from Barranco do Velho, Algarve (Portugal)
« Reply #4 on: December 03, 2015, 09:20:59 PM »
Yes it was - naturally it grew in very dry soil near the river of Odeleite (but the region is very dry in summer, only humid in winter & spring)
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