Araceae
Philodendron

Philodendron hederaceum (Jacq.) Schott

First published in Wiener Z. Kunst 3: 780 (1829)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Tropical America. It is an epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a poison and a medicine and has environmental uses.

Distribution

Doubtfully present in:

French Guiana, Guyana

Native to:

Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Cayman Is., Central American Pacific Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Bangladesh, Seychelles

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (2023). https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.589.2.4. epublication.
  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2005). Monocotyledons and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 52: 1-415.
  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Arias Granda, I. (1998). Flora de la República de Cuba, Ser. A., 1(1): 1-46.
  • Arruda Pontes, T., Moreira de Andrade, I. & Alves, M. (2010). Flora da Usina São José, Igarassu, Pernambuco: Araceae. Rodriguésia; Revista do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal, Jardim Botânico e Estaçao Biologica do Itatiaya 61: 689-794.
  • Funez, L.A. & al. (2017). Fifty-five new records of vascular plants, and other discoveries for the flora of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil. Webbia; Raccolta de Scritti Botanici 72: 221-275.
  • 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.
  • Hammel, B.E. & al. (2003). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 2: 1-694. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • Nadruz Coelho, M.A. (2010). A família Araceae na reserva natural Vale, Linhares, Espírito Santo, Brasil. Boletim do Museu de Biologia Mello Leitão, n.s., 28: 41-87.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Trusty, J.L., Kesler, H.C. & Delgado, G.H. (2006). Vascular flora of Isla del Coco, Costa Rica. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, 57: 247-355.

Flora of the Cayman Islands

  • Schott, Wiener Z. Kunst 3: 780 (1829).

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

CATE Araceae

  • Croat, T.B. 1997. A revision of Philodendron subgenus Philodendron (Araceae) for Mexico and Central America Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard.. 84: 311-704

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Funez, L.A. & al. (2017). Fifty-five new records of vascular plants, and other discoveries for the flora of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil. Webbia; Raccolta de Scritti Botanici 72: 221-275.
  • Nadruz Coelho, M.A. (2010). A família Araceae na reserva natural Vale, Linhares, Espírito Santo, Brasil. Boletim do Museu de Biologia Mello Leitão, n.s., 28: 41-87.
  • Trusty, J.L., Kesler, H.C. & Delgado, G.H. (2006). Vascular flora of Isla del Coco, Costa Rica. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, 57: 247-355.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2019). Lista de especies vedadas por la resolución 213 de 1977. 8256 especies. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_plantaspriorizadas_2019
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2005 Mayo, S.; Santos, T.S. [739] Brazil K000303155 Yes
Jan 1, 2005 Mayo, S.; Carvalho, A.M. [804] Brazil K000303146 Yes
Jan 1, 2005 Harley, R.M.; Mayo, S.J.; Storr, R.M.; Santos, T.S.; Pinheiro, R.S. [17850] Brazil K000303166 Yes
Jan 1, 2005 Mayo, S.; Santos, T.S.; Carvalho, F.A.; Mayo, A.K. [796] Brazil K000303159 Yes
Jan 1, 2005 Mayo, S.; Santos, T.S. [739] Brazil K000303150 Yes
Jan 1, 2005 Mayo, S.; Carvalho, F.A. [863] Brazil K000303149 Yes
Jan 1, 2005 Vinha, S.C. [181] Brazil K000303164 Yes
Jan 1, 2005 Mayo, S.; Santos, T.S.; Carvalho, F.A.; Mayo, A.K. [796] Brazil K000303160 Yes
Jan 1, 2005 Mayo, S.; Carvalho, A.M. [804] Brazil K000303147 Yes
Jan 1, 2005 Mayo, S.; Santos, T.S.; Santos, E.B. [757] Brazil K000303142 Yes
Jan 1, 2005 Mayo, S.; Carvalho, A.M. [804] Brazil K000303148 Yes
Jan 1, 2005 Mayo, S.; Santos, T.S.; Carvalho, F.A.; Mayo, A.K. [796] Brazil K000303158 Yes
Jan 1, 2005 Mayo, S.; Santos, T.S.; Santos, E.B. [757] Brazil K000303145 Yes
Jan 1, 2005 Mayo, S.; Santos, T.S.; Santos, E.B. [757] Brazil K000303139 Yes
Jan 1, 2005 Mayo, S.; Santos, T.S.; Santos, E.B. [757] Brazil K000303143 Yes
Jan 1, 2005 Nadruz, M.; Mayo, S. [878] Brazil K000303138 Yes
Jan 1, 2005 Nadruz, M.; Mayo, S. [903] Brazil K000303137 Yes
Jan 1, 2005 Mayo, S.; Santos, T.S. [739] Brazil K000303153 Yes
Jan 1, 2005 Mayo, S.; Santos, T.S. [739] Brazil K000303152 Yes
Jan 1, 2005 Mayo, S.; Santos, T.S.; Argolo, A.J.S. [819] Brazil K000303162 Yes
Jan 1, 2005 Vinha, S.C. [181] Brazil K000303165 Yes
Jan 1, 2005 Mayo, S.; Santos, T.S.; Santos, E.B. [757] Brazil K000303141 Yes
Jan 1, 2005 Harley, R.M.; Mayo, S.J.; Storr, R.M.; Santos, T.S.; Pinheiro, R.S. [18233] Brazil K000303156 Yes
Jan 1, 2005 Mayo, S.; Santos, T.S.; Santos, E.B. [757] Brazil K000303144 Yes
Jan 1, 2005 Mayo, S.; Santos, T.S. [739] Brazil K000303154 Yes
Jan 1, 2005 Mayo, S.; Santos, T.S.; Santos, E.B. [757] Brazil K000303140 Yes
Jan 1, 2005 Harley, R.M.; Mayo, S.J.; Storr, R.M.; Santos, T.S.; Pinheiro, R.S. [18233] Brazil K000303157 Yes
Jan 1, 2005 Mayo, S.; Carvalho, A.M.; Mayo, A.K. [841] Brazil K000303163 Yes
Jan 1, 2005 Mayo, S.; Santos, T.S.; Argolo, A.J.S. [819] Brazil K000303161 Yes
Jan 1, 2005 Mayo, S.; Santos, T.S. [739] Brazil K000303151 Yes
Jul 1, 1995 Fendler, A. [1329] Venezuela K000434587 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Mexico K002557481 Yes
Grayum, M. [10229] Costa Rica K002557495 Yes
Simmonds, N.W. [15368] Trinidad and Tobago K002557792 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K002559714 Yes
s.coll. [2505] Colombia K002558925 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002559732 Yes
Simmonds, N.W. [14495] Trinidad and Tobago K002557788 Yes
Koch, C.; Bouché [2674] K002557797 No
Daniëls, A.G.H.; Jonker, F.P. [1110] Suriname K002558105 Yes
Lindeman, J.C.; Stoffers, A.L.; Görts-van Rijn, A.R.A.; Jansen-Jacobs, M.J. [484] Suriname K002558106 Yes
s.coll. [45057] K002559736 Yes
Farias, G.L. [519] Brazil K001183242 Yes
Nilsson, V.; Chacon, R. [240] Costa Rica K002557482 Yes
Bunting, G.S.; Smith, R. [11960] Venezuela K002558931 Yes
Simmonds, N.W. [14495] Trinidad and Tobago K002557789 Yes
[Bannochie] [38268] K002559737 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002559731 Yes
Farias, G.L. [519] Brazil K001183241 Yes
s.coll. [27366] K002559735 Yes
Anderson, C.W. [s.n.] Guyana K002558112 Yes
Bunting, G.S. [2402] Venezuela K002558933 Yes
Yuncker, T.G.; Koepper, J.M.; Wagner, K.A. [8663] Honduras K002557477 Yes
s.coll. [2700] K002558936 Yes
Smith, H.H.; Smith, G.W. [1688] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines K002557781 Yes
Harris, W. [7643] Jamaica K002557782 Yes
{Bisse, J.; J. Gutiérrez (Cuba); Rankin, R.} [51443] Cuba K002557776 Yes
Anderson, C.W. [s.n.] Guyana K002558113 Yes
{Nicolson} [4271] Sri Lanka K002559718 Yes
van Donselaar, J. [1298] Suriname K002558102 Yes
Prévost, M.F. [3303] French Guiana K002558104 Yes
Simmonds, N.W. [34] Trinidad and Tobago K002557795 Yes
Koch, C.; Bouché [2440] K002557798 No
Simmonds, N.W. [164] Trinidad and Tobago K002557787 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002559727 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002559715 Yes
Jack, J.G. [7497] Cuba K002557775 Yes
Cadet, T. [6039] Reunion K002559723 Yes
Sauvain, M. [402] Suriname K002558108 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002557777 No
Prévost, M.F. [1247] French Guiana K002558111 Yes
s.coll. [2714] K002558935 Yes
Nilsson, V.; Chacon, R. [268] Costa Rica K002557490 Yes
{Smith, H.; W. Smith bis} [1688] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines K002557780 Yes
André, É. [318] Colombia K002558922 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [9460] Brazil K001183243 Yes
s.coll. [8051] K002559720 Yes
André, É. [s.n.] Colombia K002558920 Yes
Simmonds, N.W. [69] Trinidad and Tobago K002557793 Yes
Prévost, M.F. [3303] French Guiana K002558103 Yes
Allen, C. [155] Colombia K002558924 Yes
Cadet, T. [6020] Reunion K002559724 Yes
Sintenis, P. [6085] Puerto Rico K002557778 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002559716 Yes
Daniel, R. [RD41] French Guiana K002558109 Yes
André, É. [2629] Colombia K002558926 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Guatemala K002557480 Yes
Nilsson, V.; Umaña, G.; Gómez, H. [383] Costa Rica K002557483 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002559729 Yes
Cadet, T. [6039] Reunion K002559722 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [H14956] Dominica K002557783 Yes
André, É. [318] Colombia K002558923 Yes
Nicolson, D.H. [4271] Sri Lanka K002559717 Yes
Croat, T.B.; Hannon, L.; Hannon, D.; Kinsinger, E. [83961] Ecuador K002558927 Yes
Fleury, M.N. [599] French Guiana K002558110 Yes
Eggers [44] Dominica K002557785 Yes
Simmonds, N.W. [347] Trinidad and Tobago K002557794 Yes
Simmonds, N.W. [88] Trinidad and Tobago K002557790 Yes
Brown, N.E. [s.n.] K002559733 Yes
Ramage, G.A. [s.n.] Dominica K002557784 Yes
{Redden, K.M.; Wurdack, K.J.; Rodriguez, A.; Perry, C.; P. Ragnauth, N. John, H. James and H. Simons} [6077] Guyana K002558116 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002559730 Yes
Goméz, L.D.; Hampshire, R.J. [20129] Costa Rica K002557491 Yes
André, É. [314] Colombia K002558919 Yes
Heyde; Lux [s.n.] Guatemala K002557479 Yes
Koch, C.; Sello [s.n.] K002557796 Yes
{Tjon-Lim, R.J.M.; I. H. M. van de Wiel} [25] Suriname K002558101 Yes
André, É.; Brown, N.E. [2483] Colombia K002558921 Yes
Simmonds, N.W. [15368] Trinidad and Tobago K002557791 Yes
Brown, N.E. [s.n.] K002559721 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Venezuela K002558932 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Sanchez, P.; Zamora, N. [11527] Costa Rica K002557496 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002559728 Yes
Grayum, M. [10229] Costa Rica K002557494 Yes
Sintenis, P. [6085] Puerto Rico K002557779 Yes
Nilsson, V.; Chacon, R. [240] Costa Rica K002557493 Yes
Sauvain, M. [82] French Guiana K002558107 Yes
Araquistain, M. [3312] Nicaragua K002557497 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002558934 Yes
Ortiz, F. [1606] Nicaragua K002557498 Yes
Archer, W.A. [2322] Guyana K002558114 Yes
Simmonds, N.W. [s.n.] Grenada K002557786 Yes
Croat, T.B.; Hannon, L.; Hannon, D.; Kinsinger, E. [83961] Ecuador K002558928 Yes
Nilsson, V. [268] Costa Rica K002557489 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002559726 Yes
Koch, C.; Sello, H. [2446] K002557799 No
Heyde; Lux [s.n.] Mexico K002557478 Yes
Locke, R.; Zardini, E.M. [104] Paraguay K002558117 Yes
Bunting, G.S.; Trujillo, J.; León, R. [12754] Venezuela K002558929 Yes
Grayum, M.; Herrera, G.; Segura, O.; Sleeper, P. [4912] Costa Rica K002557492 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Guyana K002558115 Yes
Bunting, G.S.; Trujillo, B.; de Dios Holmquist, J. [2000] Venezuela K002558930 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002559725 Yes

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    • Haigh, A., Clark, B., Reynolds, L., Mayo, S.J., Croat, T.B., Lay, L., Boyce, P.C., Mora, M., Bogner, J., Sellaro, M., Wong, S.Y., Kostelac, C., Grayum, M.H., Keating, R.C., Ruckert, G., Naylor, M.F. and Hay, A., CATE Araceae, 17 Dec 2011.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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