Urospatha sagittifolia

Urospatha sagittifolia

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Araceae
Subfamilia: Lasioideae
Genus: Urospatha
Species: Urospatha sagittifolia

Name

• Urospatha sagittifolia (Rudge) Schott, (1853)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Pothos sagittifolius Rudge, Pl. Guian.: 24 (1805).
• Homotypic
  • Dracontium sagittifolium (Rudge) G.F.W.Mey., Prim. Fl. Esseq.: 196 (1818).
  • Spathiphyllum sagittifolium (Rudge) Schott in H.W.Schott & S.L.Endlicher, Melet. Bot.: 22 (1832).
• Heterotypic
  • Arum sagittifolium Rodschied, Obs.: 30 (1796), nom. illeg.
  • Urospatha poeppigiana Schott, Aroideae 1: 4 (1853).
  • Urospatha decipiens Schott, Bonplandia (Hannover) 5: 128 (1857).
  • Urospatha dubia Schott, Bonplandia (Hannover) 5: 128 (1857).
  • Urospatha hostmannii Schott, Bonplandia (Hannover) 5: 128 (1857).
  • Urospatha langsdorffiana Schott, Oesterr. Bot. Wochenbl. 7: 253 (1857).
  • Urospatha quinquenervis Schott, Oesterr. Bot. Wochenbl. 7: 254 (1857).
  • Urospatha spruceana Schott, Bonplandia (Hannover) 5: 128 (1857).
  • Urospatha maculata Linden, Gard. Chron. 1865: 365 (1865).
  • Urospatha marmorea Linden, Gard. Chron. 1865: 365 (1865).
  • Urospatha varians B.S.Williams, Choice Stove Orn.-Leav. Pl.: 310 (1870).
  • Urospatha varians var. grandis B.S.Williams, Choice Stove Orn.-Leav. Pl.: 310 (1870).
  • Urospatha varians var. picturata B.S.Williams, Choice Stove Orn.-Leav. Pl.: 310 (1870).
  • Urospatha varians var. spectabilis B.S.Williams, Choice Stove Orn.-Leav. Pl.: 310 (1870).
  • Urospatha varians var. splendens B.S.Williams, Choice Stove Orn.-Leav. Pl.: 310 (1870).
  • Spathiphyllum amazonicum Spruce ex Engl. in A.L.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 278 (1879), not validly publ.
  • Urospatha sagittifolia var. hexamera Engl., Pflanzenr., IV, 23C: 34 (1911).
  • Urospatha sagittifolia var. spruceana (Schott) Engl., Pflanzenr., IV, 23C: 34 (1911).
  • Urospatha sagittifolia var. tetramera Engl., Pflanzenr., IV, 23C: 34 (1911).
  • Urospatha angusta K.Krause, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 11: 616 (1931).
  • Urospatha savannarum Steyerm., Fieldiana, Bot. 28: 102 (1951).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Bolivia; Brazil North; Brazil Northeast; Brazil West-Central; Colombia; Ecuador; French Guiana; Guyana; Paraguay; Peru; Suriname; Venezuela References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Schott, H.W. 1853. Aroideae 1: 4

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Urospatha sagittifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 10. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Urospatha sagittifolia. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 10 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Urospatha sagittifolia in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 10.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Urospatha sagittifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 Nov. 2018.

Vernacular names

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