Family:
Araceae Juss.
Genus:
Syngonium Schott

Syngonium podophyllum Schott

This species is accepted, and its native range is Mexico to Tropical America. It is has environmental uses and social uses, as a medicine and for food.

[CPLC]

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

Distribution
Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 0 - 2420 m.; Amazonia, Andes, Islas Caribeñas, Llanura del Caribe, Orinoquia, Pacífico, Valle del Magdalena.
Morphology General Habit
Hierba, trepadora, epífita, hemiepífita
Conservation
No Evaluada

[UPFC]
Distribution
Biogeografic region: Amazonia, Andean, Caribbean, Orinoquia, Pacific. Elevation range: 0–2420 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Amazonas, Antioquia, Bogotá DC, Cauca, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Huila, Magdalena, Meta, Nariño, Putumayo, Quindío, Risaralda, San Andrés y Providencia, Santander.
Habit
Herb, Epiphyte, Hemiepiphyte, Climbing.
Conservation
National Red List of Colombia (2021): Potential LC.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, shrubland, native grassland, artificial - terrestrial.
Vernacular
Airo kajo, Ñanta juju, Singonio

[UPFC]
Use Environmental
Environmental uses.
Use Food
Used for food.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.
Use Social
Social uses.

Native to:

Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles

Introduced into:

Bahamas, Bangladesh, Borneo, Brazil South, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Comoros, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Haiti, Hawaii, Jamaica, Jawa, Leeward Is., Malaya, Puerto Rico, Seychelles, Windward Is.

Syngonium podophyllum Schott appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2005 Carvalho, A.M. [2056], Bahia K000303451 Yes
Jan 1, 2005 Hage, J.L. [1082], Bahia K000303449 Yes
Jan 1, 2005 Hatschbach, G. [48763], Bahia K000303446 Yes
Jan 1, 2005 Harley, R.M. [17874], Bahia K000303445 Yes
Jan 1, 2005 Harley, R.M. [17874], Bahia K000303444 Yes
Jan 1, 2005 Nadruz, M. [866], Pernambuco K000303442 Yes
Jan 1, 2005 Nadruz, M. [885], Pernambuco K000303440 Yes
Jan 1, 2005 Nadruz, M. [851], Bahia K000303447 Yes
Jan 1, 2005 Hage, J.L. [1082], Bahia K000303448 Yes
Jan 1, 2005 Carvalho, A.M. [2056], Bahia K000303452 Yes
Jan 1, 2005 Nadruz, M. [866], Pernambuco K000303441 Yes
Jan 1, 2005 Hage, J.L. [1146], Bahia K000303450 Yes
Jan 1, 2005 Santos, T.S. [2964], Bahia K000303443 Yes
Nov 5, 2004 Haigh, A.L. [28], French Guiana K000099760 No
Jan 1, 1991 Engler, A. [243] K000434765 Unknown type material Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Maximilian, F. Prince of Wied-Neuwi [719], Bahia K000303541 No
Jan 1, 1979 Ule, E. [9000], Ceará K000303439 Yes

First published in Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 9: 85 (1851)

Accepted by

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  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • 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.
  • Hernandez, J. (2007). In Hawaiian rainforests: exotic aroid ecologies. Aroideana 30: 91-97.
  • 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.
  • Mostaph, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
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Literature

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

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.
  • Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
  • 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.
  • Hernandez, J. (2007). In Hawaiian rainforests: exotic aroid ecologies. Aroideana 30: 91-97.
  • Herrera, K., Lorence, D.H., Flynn, T. & Balick, M.J. (2010). Checklist of the Vascular plants of Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia with local names and uses. Allertonia 10: 1-204.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Mostaph, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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