Gorgonidium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. It is native to South America (Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina).Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesGovaerts, 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 spathes tend to be purple and the fruits are black.Brown, Deni (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. .Bogner, J. & D. H. Nicolson. 1988. Revision of the South American genus Gorgonidium Schott (Araceae: Spathicarpeae). Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 109(4): 529–554
Species Gorgonidium beckianum Bogner - Bolivia Gorgonidium bulbostylum Bogner & E.G.Gonç - Bolivia Gorgonidium cardenasianum (Bogner) E.G.Gonç - Bolivia Gorgonidium intermedium (Bogner) E.G.Gonç - Peru Gorgonidium mirabile Schott - Bolivia Gorgonidium striatum Hett., Ibisch & E.G.Gonç Gorgonidium vargasii Bogner & Nicolson - Peru Gorgonidium vermicidum (Speg.) Bogner & Nicolson - Bolivia, northern Argentina
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