Called “lords-and-ladies family” in GBIF
The Araceae are a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants in which flowers are borne on a type of inflorescence called a spadix. The spadix is usually accompanied by, and sometimes partially enclosed in, a spathe. Also known as the arum family, members are often colloquially known as aroids. This family of 114 genera and about 3,750 known species is most diverse in the New World tropics, although also distributed in the Old World tropics and northern temperate regions.
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Arisaema triphyllum
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Pistia stratiotes
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Lysichiton americanus
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Colocasia esculenta
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Spirodela polyrhiza
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Symplocarpus foetidus
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Zantedeschia aethiopica
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Alocasia macrorrhizos
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Lemna gibba
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Arisaema dracontium
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Amorphophallus konjac
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Calla palustris
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Lemna perpusilla
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Wolffia
1 articleAlso here, with one plant each: Alocasia (Giant Taro), Amorphophallus (Konjac), Calla (Marsh Calla), Colocasia (Taro), Lysichiton (western skunk cabbage), Pistia (Water Lettuce), Spirodela (Giant Duckweed), Symplocarpus (Eastern Skunk Cabbage), Zantedeschia (Calla Lily), Wolffia (Watermeal).
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