Xanthosoma hylaeae

Xanthosoma hylaeae is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae, native to western South America and northern Brazil.^[2] A night-bloomer, it uses a variety of scents to attract its pollinators, scarab beetles in the tribe Cyclocephalini.^[3]

Xanthosoma hylaeae
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Alismatales
Family:	Araceae
Genus:	Xanthosoma
Species:	X. hylaeae
Binomial name
Xanthosoma hylaeae Engl. & K.Krause
Synonyms[2]
Xanthosoma purpuratum K.Krause