Spathiphyllum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Alismatales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Alismatales

Familia: Araceae
Subfamilia: Monsteroideae
Genus: Spathiphyllum

Name

Spathiphyllum Schott in Schott & Endl., Melet. Bot.: 22. 1832.

Type species: Spathiphyllum lanceifolium (Jacq.) Schott, Melet. Bot.: 22. 1832.

Synonymy

Heterotypic
- Hydnostachyon Liebm., Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1849: 23 (1849).
- Massowia K.Koch, Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 10: 277 (1852).
- Spathiphyllopsis Teijsm. & Binn., Natuurk. Tijdschr. Ned.-Indië 25: 400 (1863).
- Amomophyllum Engl., Gard. Chron., n.s., 7: 139 (1877).
- Leucochlamys Poepp. ex Engl. in A.L.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 230 (1879).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Asia-Tropical
- Malesia
  - Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi.
- Papuasia
  - Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Solomon Islands.
Pacific
- Northwestern Pacific
  - Caroline Islands.
Northern America
- Mexico
  - Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast.
Southern America
- Central America
  - Belize, Costa Rica, C. American Pacific Islands, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
- Caribbean
  - Trinidad-Tobago.
- Northern South America
  - French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
- Western South America
  - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
- Brazil
  - Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Overview of species

Accepted species

S. abelianum – S. atrovirens – S. barbourii – S. bariense – S. blandum – S. brent-berlinii – S. brevirostre – S. buntingianum – S. cannifolium – S. cochlearispathum – S. commutatum – S. cuspidatum – S. diazii – S. dressleri – S. floribundum – S. friedrichsthalii – S. fulvovirens – S. gardneri – S. gracile – S. grandifolium – S. grazielae – S. humboldtii – S. jejunum – S. juninense – S. kalbreyeri – S. laeve – S. lanceifolium – S. lechlerianum – S. maguirei – S. matudae – S. mawarinumae – S. minus – S. monachinoi – S. montanum – S. neblinae – S. ortgiesii – S. patinii – S. patulinervum – S. perezii – S. phryniifolium – S. pygmaeum – S. quindiuense – S. schlechteri – S. schomburgkii – S. silvicola – S. solomonense – S. tenerum – S. uspanapaensis – S. wallisii – S. wendlandii

Source(s) of checklist:
List based on accepted species according to World Checklist of Selected Plant Families – see references.

Names in synonymy

S. amazonicum – S. beccarii – S. bonplandii – S. candicans – S. candidum – S. candolleanum – S. canniforme – S. caudatum – S. dechardii – S. fendleri – S. funereum – S. glaziovii – S. heliconiifolium – S. huberi – S. kochii – S. lacustre – S. lanceolatum – S. liebmannii – S. liesneri – S. longirostre – S. macrophyllum – S. micronesicum – S. minahassae – S. pictum – S. sagittifolium – S. sipapoanum – S. zetekianum

References

Schott, H.W. & Endlicher, S.L. 1832. Meletemata Botanica. C. Gerold, Wien. 36 pp. BHL Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2016. Spathiphyllum. Published online. Accessed: 05 February 2016.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2016. Spathiphyllum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2016 February 05. Reference page.
Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Spathiphyllum in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2016 February 05.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Spathiphyllum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2016-02-05.

Tropicos.org 2016. Spathiphyllum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 05 February 2016.

Vernacular names

বাংলা: পিস লিলি
Deutsch: Scheidenblatt
English: Spath
Esperanto: Spatifilo
suomi: Viirivehkat
עברית: ספטיפיליום
magyar: Vitorlavirágok
italiano: Spatafillo
日本語: スパティフィラム属
lietuvių: Vėzdūnė
Nederlands: Lepelplant
polski: Skrzydłokwiat
русский: Спатифиллюм
slovenščina: Spatifil
svenska: Fredskallasläktet