What is "araceae"

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 or leaf-like bract. Also known as the arum family, members are often colloquially known as aroids. This family of 114 genera and ca 3750 known species (Christenhusz & Byng 2016 ) is most diverse in the New World tropics, although also distributed in the Old World tropics and northern temperate regions.

The largest collection of living Araceae is maintained at Missouri Botanical Gardens. Another large collection of living Araceae can be found at Munich Botanical Garden, due to the efforts of researcher and aroid authority Josef Bogner.