Araceae

Dieffenbachia Schott

First published in Wiener Z. Kunst 3: 820 (1829)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Mexico to Tropical America.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Bangladesh, Borneo, Caroline Is., Comoros, Cook Is., Gulf of Guinea Is., Malaya, Seychelles, Society Is., Vanuatu

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.

CATE Araceae

  • Mayo, S.J., Bogner, J. & Boyce, P.C. 1997. The genera of Araceae. 370 pp.
  • Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 2008. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 19, 2004 Haigh, A.L.; Mayo, S.J.; Andrade, I. [83] French Guiana K000099814 No
Nov 17, 2004 Haigh, A.L.; Mayo, S.J.; Andrade, I. [63] French Guiana K000099794 Yes
Vásquez, R.; Marchand, S.; Jaramillo, N. [11931] Peru K002945019 Yes
Waechter [2347] Brazil K001182134 Yes
Grández, C.; Jaramillo, N.; Vertiz, A.; Chota, M. [3757] Peru K002945016 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002945027 No
Croat, T.B.; Brayum, M.H. [60130] Panama K000400551 Isotype Yes
Feuillet, C. [9884] French Guiana K001636928 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002945026 No
Smith, D.N. [3954] Peru K002945015 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002945025 No
Koshear, J. [59] Costa Rica K002977052 Yes
Croat, T.B. [56557] Colombia K002945017 Yes
Engler, A. [s.n.] K002945018 No
K:SPC-34585.000 No
Barrier, S. [1854] Peru K002945014 Yes
Sparrow; Brewster [108] Mexico K:SPC-60616.000 No

Sources

  • CATE Araceae

    • 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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0