{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Theriophonum minutum 2.jpg |image_caption = ''Theriophonum minutum'' in Karnataka |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Theriophonum |authority = Blume<ref name=GRIN>{{GRIN genus |name=''Theriophonum'' |id=12067 |access-date=15 February 2025}}</ref><ref name=POWO/> |range_map = Theriophonum distribution.svg |range_map_caption = Range of the genus ''Theriophonum'' |synonyms_ref = <ref name=POWO/> |synonyms = *''Tapinocarpus'' <small>Dalzell</small> *''Calyptrocoryne'' <small>Schott</small> *''Pauella'' <small>Ramam. & Sebastine</small> }}
'''''Theriophonum''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. It is found only in India and Sri Lanka.<ref name=POWO>{{cite POWO |title=''Theriophonum'' Blume |id=2938-1 |access-date=15 February 2025}}</ref><ref>Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1-560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.</ref> The genus is closely related to ''Typhonium''. The only apparent difference between the two is in how many ovules each have and the overall size of the plants. ''Typhonium''s are bigger than ''Theriophonum''.<ref>Bown, Demi (2000). ''Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family''. Timber Press. {{ISBN|0-88192-485-7}}.</ref>
==Species== {{As of|2025|02}}, Plants of the World Online accepted these species:<ref name=POWO/> * ''Theriophonum blumei'' <small>Arulanandam, Soosairaj, P.Raja & Balaguru</small> – Tamil Nadu * ''Theriophonum dalzellii'' <small>Schott</small> – western India * ''Theriophonum fischeri'' <small>Sivad.</small> – Kerala, Tamil Nadu * ''Theriophonum infaustum'' <small>N.E.Br.</small> – Kerala * ''Theriophonum minutum'' <small>(Willd.) Baill.</small> – central and southern India, Sri Lanka * ''Theriophonum sivaganganum'' <small>(Ramam. & Sebastine) Bogner</small> – Tamil Nadu
==Gallery== <gallery> Theriophonum fischeri-2-yercaud-salem-India.JPG|''T. fischeri'' Theriophonum minutum 1.jpg|''T. minutum'' </gallery>
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Category:Aroideae Category:Araceae genera Category:Cormous plants Category:Taxa described in 1837
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