Illustration from Louis van Houtte's Flore des serres et des jardins de l'Europe (1849)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Monocots
Order:
Alismatales
Family:
Araceae
Subfamily:
Aroideae
Tribe:
Areae
Genus:
Helicodiceros Schott
Species:
H. muscivorus
Binomial name
Helicodiceros muscivorus
(L.f.) Engl.
Range of Helicodiceros muscivorus in Europe
Synonyms[1]
Megotigea Raf.
Arum muscivorum L.f.
Dracunculus muscivorus (L.f.) Parl.
Arum crinitum Aiton
Arum spirale Salisb.
Dracunculus crinitus Schott
Megotigea crinita Raf.
Helicodiceros crinitus (Raf.) Schott
Dracunculus muscivorus var. caprariensis Romo
Helicodiceros muscivorus, the dead horse arum lily,[2][3] is an ornamental plant native to Corsica, Sardinia and the Balearic Islands. It is the only species in the genus Helicodiceros.[1][4][5] Within the family Araceae the plant is part of the subfamily Aroideae.
The flowers of H. muscivorus smell like rotting meat, attracting carrion-seeking blow flies which act as pollinators. One of a rare group of thermogenic plants, the dead horse arum can raise its temperature by thermogenesis. This helps to lure flies into the plant to contact its pollen.[6][7] The plant still is being studied for the way it is able to produce its own heat without being necessarily dependent of ambient temperature.[8]
^ abKew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^H. muscivorus at International Plant Names Index
^D. crinitus at Lemaire, Charles. Flore des serres et des jardins de l’Europe (1849) Archived September 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
^S. Castroviejo et al. (eds.) (2008). Flora Iberica 18: 1-420. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
^A. M. Angioy; M. C. Stensmyr; I. Urru; M. Puliafito; I. Collu; B. S. Hansson (2004). "Function of the heater: the dead horse arum revisited". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 271 (Suppl. 3): S13–S15. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2003.0111. PMC 1809992. PMID 15101405.
^Stensmyr, Marcus C., et al. “Pollination: Rotting Smell of Dead- Horse Arum Florets.” Nature 420.6916 (2002): 625-6.
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