Araceae
Dieffenbachia

Dieffenbachia seguine (Jacq.) Schott

First published in H.W.Schott & S.L.Endlicher, Melet. Bot.: 20 (1832)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Caribbean to S. Tropical America. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is has environmental uses, as a poison and a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., 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, Mexico Southwest, Seychelles, Society Is., Vanuatu

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • Croat, T. (2004). Revision of Dieffenbachia (Araceae) of Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 91: 668-772.
  • Figueiredo, E., Paiva, J., Stévart, T., Oliveira, F. & Smith, G.F. (2011). Annotated catalogue of the flowering plants of São Tomé and Príncipe. Bothalia 41: 41-82.
  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • 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.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.
  • Sarder, N.U. & Hassan, M.A. (eds.) (2018). Vascular flora of Chittagong and the Chittagong Hill Tracts 1: 1-897. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.
  • Sykes, W.R. (2016). Flora of the Cook Islands: 1-973. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii.
  • Welsh, S.L. (1998). Flora Societensis: 1-420. E.P.S. Inc. Utah.

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. 2004. Revision of Dieffenbachia (Araceae) of Mexico, Central America and the West Indies. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard.. 91 (4): 668-772

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2023). https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.589.2.4. epublication.
  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
  • Croat, T. (2004). Revision of Dieffenbachia (Araceae) of Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 91: 668-772.
  • Figueiredo, E., Paiva, J., Stévart, T., Oliveira, F. & Smith, G.F. (2011). Annotated catalogue of the flowering plants of São Tomé and Príncipe. Bothalia 41: 41-82.
  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Kitalong, A.H., DeMeo, R.A. & Holm, T. (2008). Native Trees Palau. A field guide: 1-236.
  • Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.
  • Sarder, N.U. & Hassan, M.A. (eds.) (2018). Vascular flora of Chittagong and the Chittagong Hill Tracts 1: 1-897. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.
  • Sykes, W.R. (2016). Flora of the Cook Islands: 1-973. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii.
  • Welsh, S.L. (1998). Flora Societensis: 1-420. E.P.S. Inc. Utah.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Schott, Nicolson in Fl. Vitiensis Nov. 1: 452 (1979).

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
  • Burkill HM. (1995). The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vols. 1-3. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vols 1-3.
  • 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.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • 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/
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • PROTA (2021). Plants Resources of Tropical Africa. https://prota4u.org/database/

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. [84] French Guiana K000099815 No
{Th. Cadet} [5973] Reunion K002977037 Yes
s.coll. [1867] K002977068 Yes
s.coll. [1850] K002977063 Yes
s.coll. [1877] K002977074 Yes
s.coll. [1917] K002977060 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002977043 Yes
s.coll. [1867] K002977069 Yes
{Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; B. J. H. ter Welle; Haripersaud, P.P.; Muller, O.; van der Zee, M.} [5950] Guyana K002977056 Yes
s.coll. [1913] K002977061 Yes
s.coll. [1918] K002977059 Yes
Peterson, P.M.; Annable, C. [8584] Panama K002977125 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002977128 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Suriname K002977057 Yes
Bunting, G. [2027] Venezuela K002977132 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Suriname K002977058 Yes
Cadet, T. [6030] Reunion K002977038 Yes
s.coll. [1863] K002977065 Yes
Croat [53921] Trinidad and Tobago K002977054 Yes
Bogner [s.n.] K:SPC-56139.000 No
Steyermark, J.; Buntingh, G. [97728] Venezuela K002977138 Yes
Bunting, G. [2027] Venezuela K002977131 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Jamaica K002977055 Yes
Sodiro, L.; S.J. [26] Ecuador K002977126 Yes
Steyermark, J.; Buntingh, G.; Wessel-boer, G. [100318] Venezuela K002977140 Yes
Bunting, G. [2026A] Venezuela K002977130 Yes
K:SPC-51552.000 No
s.coll. [1866] K002977067 Yes
Bunting, G. [1937B] Venezuela K002977135 Yes
Steyermark, J.; Buntingh, G. [105293] Venezuela K002977139 Yes
Steyermark, J.; Bunting, G. [97728] Venezuela K002977136 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002977127 Yes
s.coll. [1862] K002977064 Yes
Bunting, G. [1937B] Venezuela K002977133 Yes
s.coll. [1865] K002977066 Yes
Bunting, G. [1937B] Venezuela K002977134 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002977042 Yes
s.coll. [1875] K002977076 Yes
s.coll. [1874] K002977075 Yes
s.coll. [1849] K002977062 Yes
Steyermark, J.; Buntingh, G. [9778] Venezuela K002977137 Yes
Buntinhg, G. [2026A] Venezuela K002977129 Yes
Guyana Dieffenbachia picta subvar. jenmanii K:SPC-29047.069 No
Dieffenbachia picta var. barraquiniana K:SPC-36016.000 No
Brown, N.E. [s.n.] Colombia Dieffenbachia chelsonii K002945022 Yes
s.coll. [1907] Dieffenbachia seguine var. robusta K002977077 Yes
s.coll. [1910] Dieffenbachia seguine var. robusta K002977079 Yes
s.coll. [1908] Dieffenbachia seguine var. robusta K002977078 Yes
s.coll. [1911] Dieffenbachia seguine var. robusta K002977080 Yes
s.coll. [1868] Dieffenbachia seguine var. lingulata K002977073 Yes
s.coll. [1845] Dieffenbachia seguine var. lingulata K002977070 Yes
s.coll. [1871] Dieffenbachia seguine var. lingulata K002977072 Yes
s.coll. [1846] Dieffenbachia seguine var. lingulata K002977071 Yes
Dieffenbachia seguine f. viridis K:SPC-29047.155 No
Dieffenbachia seguine f. viridis K:SPC-58927.000 No
Dieffenbachia picta K:SPC-29047.157 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • 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

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

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

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

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

  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

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

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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