Eminium intortum
Eminium intortum is a species of plant in the family Araceae. It is a cormous geophyte native to Turkey and the northern Levant.
Description
Perennial geophyte. Colms globose.Purplish-red stems usually 11–18 cm long, but may appear acaulescent. The stem lacks speckes and generally becomes violet-colored toward the base. Scapes are 6–15 cm long, thickening around the lower region of the spathe. Leaves petiolate and hastate, with lateral veins that branch out toward the midsection of the leaf blade upon separation from the middle vein. Basal lobes are linear and come to a point, curling upward. The lower blade of the leaf generally has blackish-brown speckles.
It can be distinguished from E. rauwolffii by its leaves: its posterior leaf lobes may fragment into secondary lobes, unlike those of E. rauwolfii.
Flower with spathe, purplish, brownish, or reddish black, purplish, or reddish on the inside, green on the outside. Inner surface of spathe is velvety textured. Glabrous 5-8 mm long spadix, with 11–13 mm long pistil. Sterile zone 20-24-35 mm lon long, stamen 7-8 mm long, and sterile flowers 4–5 mm long. Appendix is cylindrical, conical, dark brown or blackish purple, with short stems.
Fruit is grape-like in texture.
Pollen 46.07 μm in diameter, covered with spines 2.37 μm in height.
Taxonomy
A 2021 phenogram placed it closest to E. spiculatum, but a genetic study has yet to be undertaken.Distribution and habitat
It is found native in Turkey, Lebanon, and Syria.It grows on rocky slopes at an elevation of 820–1700 m.