Citation: L., Sp. Pl. 964 (1753).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Perennial herbs with tuberous rootstocks; leaves net-veined, petioles sheathing at the base.

Inflorescence a dense-flowered simple spadix supported at its base by a leaf-like or coloured bract the spathe, the upper part of the spadix without flowers; flowers all unisexual, in the lower part female with only the lowest fertile, in the upper part male of which the upper are sterile; perianth absent; ovary 1-celled, stigmas sessile. (Descriptions from Symon (1964) Trans. R.Soc. S. Aust. 88:5).

Distribution:  15 species from Europe and the Mediterranean.

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available