Araceae

Spathiphyllum Schott

First published in H.W.Schott & S.L.Endlicher, Melet. Bot.: 22 (1832)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Mexico to Tropical America, Malesia, W. Pacific.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Bismarck Archipelago, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Caroline Is., Central American Pacific Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Maluku, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Philippines, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Bangladesh, Comoros, Cook Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Venezuelan Antilles

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?
K:SPC-34593.000 No
K:SPC-29047.080 No
Mason, L.M. K:SPC-37536.000 No
Clark, J.L.; Menuz, D.; Quinn, S.; Wilsum, A.; Unkucha, P. [9269] Ecuador K002465044 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002465120 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002465119 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002465118 Yes
K:SPC-37537.000 No
Hancock, W. [4] Virgin Islands K002089884 Yes

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 2025. 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 2025. 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images