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Pistia stratiotes L.

Pistia stratiotes, common water lettuce, is a floating aquatic plant with documented traditional medicinal uses.

Pothos chinensis (Raf.) Merr.

Pothos chinensis (Chinese pothos) is a root-climbing aroid liana native to East and South Asian wet tropical biomes.

Pothos longipes Schott

Pothos longipes Schott is a glossy-leaved climbing hemi-epiphyte that produces red drupe fruit.

Spirodela polyrhiza (L.) Schleid.

Spirodela polyrhiza, the great duckweed, is a tiny floating aquatic duckweed used for bioremediation, biofuel, and animal feed.

Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex W.P.C.Barton

Symplocarpus foetidus, or eastern skunk cabbage, is a thermogenic early-spring blooming native North American plant with a distinctive skunk-like odor.

Syngonium podophyllum Schott

Syngonium podophyllum Schott is a popular tropical climbing houseplant with arrow-shaped leaves, toxic to humans and animals.

Thaumatophyllum bipinnatifidum (Schott ex Endl.) Sakur., Calazans & Mayo

Thaumatophyllum bipinnatifidum (syn. Philodendron bipinnatifidum) is a tropical aroid native to South America, widely grown as an ornamental plant.

Xanthosoma robustum Schott

Xanthosoma robustum (Elephant Ear) is a large robust herb native to Central Mexico and Central America with multiple uses.

Xanthosoma sagittifolium (L.) Schott

Xanthosoma sagittifolium (tannia) is an important edible tropical tuber crop with various medicinal and other uses.

Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng.

Zantedeschia aethiopica is an ornamental perennial calla lily native to southern Africa, classified as invasive in several regions.

Amorphophallus dracontioides (Engl.) N.E.Br.

Amorphophallus dracontioides is a large toxic stemless plant used as famine food and medicine in Nigeria.

Amorphophallus henryi N.E.Br.

Amorphophallus henryi is an Amorphophallus species that grows one leaf or flower yearly, with rancid-smelling yellow 1-foot-tall inflorescences.

Amorphophallus titanum (Becc.) Becc.

Amorphophallus titanum, the corpse flower, is an endemic Sumatran aroid famous for its rare, foul-smelling giant bloom.

Amorphophallus commutatus (Schott) Engl.

Amorphophallus commutatus, or dragon stalk yam, is an Araceae species in the large tropical tuberous herb genus Amorphophallus.

Amorphophallus konjac K.Koch

Amorphophallus konjac (konjac) is a perennial Asian plant cultivated for its corms, used in food, medicine, and other products.

Arum palaestinum Boiss.

Arum palaestinum is a toxic, edible-after-processing perennial Arum native to the Mediterranean, used in traditional Middle Eastern medicine and cuisine.