Editing Araceae (section)

==Fossil record==

The family Araceae has one of the oldest [[fossil]] record among [[angiosperms]], with fossil forms first appearing during the [[Early Cretaceous]] epoch.<ref name=Sender>Sender, L.M., Doyle, J.A., Upchurch, J.R. Jr., Villanueva-Amadoz, U. and Diez J.B. 2019. Leaf and inflorescence evidence for near-basal Araceae and an unexpected diversity of other monocots from the late Early Cretaceous of Spain. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, vol. 17, p. 1093–1126.</ref><ref name=Nauheimer>Nauheimer, L., Metzler, D. and Renner, S.S. 2012. Global history of the ancient monocot family Araceae inferred with models accounting for past continental positions and previous ranges based on fossils. New Phytologist, vol. 195, p. 938-950.</ref> Notable fossils from the Early Cretaceous include: ''Spixiarum kipea'',<ref name=Coiffard>Coiffard, C., Mohr, B.A.R. and Bernardes de Oliveira, M.E.C. 2013. The Early Cretaceous aroid, ''Spixiarum kipea'' gen. et sp. nov., and implications on early dispersal and ecology of basal monocots. Taxon, vol. 62. p. 997-1008.</ref> an aroid from the late [[Aptian]] of Brazil;<ref name=Sender /> ''Orontiophyllum ferreri'', an aroid leaf from the late [[Albian]] of Spain;<ref name=Sender /> and ''Turolospadix bogneri'', an aroid spadix from the late Albian of Spain.<ref name=Sender />