Arisaema candidissimum W.W.Sm. (1917:8)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last wild record: 1932 (Cowley, 1996)
Rediscovered in the wild in early June 1993 (Cowley, 1996)
Distribution
Yunnan Province, China
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Smith, William Wright. (1917). Diagnoses specerum novarum. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 10: 8.
Other references:
Anon. (1924). Chelsea Flower Show, 1924. Gardener’s Chronicle. Series 3, 75: 322, f.144 (p.334).
Besant, J. W. (1928). Gardener’s Chronicle, Series 3, 84: 29. f.12.
Cowley, Jill. (1996). The rediscovery of Arisaema candidissimum in the wild. Curtis's Botanical Magazine 13(2): 108-111.
Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
Govaerts, R. and Frodin, D. G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1-560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Gusman, G. and Gusman, L. (2006). The Genus Arisaema. A monograph for botanists and nature lovers, ed. 2: 1-474. A.R.G. Gantner Verlag K.G., Ruggell.
Jung, Y. H., Song, E. Y., Chun, S. J., Jang, K. C., Kim, M., Kang, S. H. and Kim, S. C. (2004). Phylogenetic analysis of plastid trn L-trn F sequences from Arisaema species (Araceae) in Korea. Euphytica 138: 81-88.
Kingdon Ward, F. (1923). The Flora of the Tibetan Marches. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society 48: 203.
Ma, Z. and Li, H. (2017). The genus Arisaema (Araceae: Aroideae: Arisaemateae) in China - A taxonomic revision and annotated list of species. Aroideana 40: 49-134.
Mathew, B. (1978). The Larger Bulbs. Batsford, London.
Mayo, S. F. (1982). A survey of cultivated species of Arisaema. The Plantsman 3(4): 193-209.
Saunders, D. E. and Gover, R. (1970). Plant Awards 1969-1970. Bulletin of the Alpine Garden Society 38: 397.
Sealy, J. R. (1939). Arisaema candidissimum. Curtis’s Botanical Magazine 161: t.9549.
Wu, Z. and Raven, P. H. (eds.). (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
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