#spadix

• Amorphophallus — A genus of tropical and subtropical herbaceous plants in the Arum family (Araceae), native to the warm regions of Asia, Africa, and the Pacific Islands. It includes species renowned for their giant underground corms and spectacular inflorescences consisting of a massive spadix surrounded by a spathe, the most famous being 'Amorphophallus titanum' (corpse flower), which produces the largest unbranched inflorescence in the world and emits a foul odor of rotting meat to attract pollinating insects.
• Araceae — An extensive family of monocotyledonous, herbaceous plants distributed predominantly in tropical and subtropical regions, characterized by specific inflorescences consisting of a fleshy axis called a spadix, surrounded by a modified leaf, often spectacularly colored, called a spathe. This family includes famous genera such as Anthurium, Philodendron, or Monstera, valued globally as indoor ornamental plants due to their exotic and decorative foliage.
• Arisaema — A major genus of herbaceous, perennial, and tuberous plants in the Araceae family, comprising over 250 species distributed primarily in tropical and temperate regions of Asia, as well as North America and East Africa. These plants are recognized by their unique spadix inflorescence, often enclosed by a decorative hood- or funnel-shaped spathe (resembling a cobra), and by their remarkable ability to change sex from year to year based on accumulated nutrients.
• Arisarum proboscideum — A species of perennial herbaceous plant in the Araceae family, native to the shaded woodlands of Italy and Spain, popularly known as the 'mouse plant'. This small-sized plant is remarkable for its unique inflorescence, whose purplish-brown spathe extends into a long, filiform, and curved appendage that strikingly resembles a mouse's tail, functioning to attract pollinating flies into the floral structure.
• Arisarum vulgare — A Mediterranean species of herbaceous plant in the Araceae family, commonly known as the 'friar's cowl'. The plant grows wild in stony soils, olive groves, and dry grasslands, easily recognized by its striped spathe in shades of white and dark purple, which curves at the top to form a hood-like structure protecting a long, prominent spadix.