Scindapsus
Scindapsus | |
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Scindapsus pictus var. argyreus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Alismatales |
Family: | Araceae |
Subfamily: | Monsteroideae |
Tribe: | Monstereae |
Genus: | Scindapsus Schott |
Synonyms[1] | |
Cuscuaria Schott |
Scindapsus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. It is native to Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Queensland, and a few western Pacific islands.[1][2][3] The species Scindapsus pictus is common in cultivation.
Scindapsus is not easily distinguishable from Epipremnum. The main difference between the two genera is in the number of seeds they produce. Scindapsus species have one ovule in each ovary whereas Epipremnum species have a few. The seeds of Scindapsus are rounded to slightly kidney-shaped. The plants are primarily root climbing vines.[4]
History of the name[]
Claudius Aelianus (Aelian, 2-3 cc., De Natura Animalium XII.44-46, XVII.18), uses the word in relation to an Indian musical instrument used for taming the wild elephants.[5]
Species[]
- Alderw. - Sumatra
- Alderw. - Queensland, New Guinea, Solomon Islands
- Engl. - Sumatra, Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia
- Hosok. - Chuuk Islands in Micronesia
- Engl. - Borneo
- Engl. - Borneo
- Engl. & K.Krause - Sabah, Philippines
- (Aubl.) C.Presl - Nicobar Islands, Philippines, Maluku, Java
- Engl. & K.Krause - New Guinea
- Engl. - Sulawesi
- Engl. - Sarawak
- (Engl. & K.Krause) Alderw. - Borneo
- Engl. - described 1898 from material cultivated at botanical garden in Bogor; probably now extinct
- Miq. - Indochina, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Philippines
- Alderw. - Java
- M.Hotta - Borneo
- Engl. - Brunei, Sarawak
- Merr. - Borneo
- Bogner & P.C.Boyce - Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia
- (Merr.) Merr. & F.P.Metcalf - Hainan, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand
- Alderw. - Borneo
- Miq. - Java
- (Roxb.) Schott - India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Assam, Nepal, Andaman Islands, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam
- Hook.f. - Bangladesh, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Java, Sumatra
- Scindapsus pictus Hassk. - Bangladesh, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Sulawesi, Philippines
- Alderw. - Sumatra
- Ridl. - Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra
- Engl. & K.Krause - Solomon Islands
- K.Krause - Papua New Guinea
- Hook.f. - Bangladesh, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia
- Alderw. - Sumatra
- Engl. & K.Krause - Papua New Guinea
- Alderw. - Sumatra
- (Schott) P.C.Boyce & A.Hay - Sumatra
- Engl. - Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Java
References[]
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected plant Families
- ^ 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.
- ^ Mansor, M., Boyce, P.C., Othman, A.S. & Sulaiman, B. (2012). The Araceae of peninsular Malaysia: 1-146. Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia.
- ^ Flora of China Vol. 23 Page 15, 藤芋属 teng yu shu, Scindapsus Schott in Schott & Endlicher, Melet. Bot. 21. 1832.
- ^ Bown, Deni (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family [ILLUSTRATED]. Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-485-7
- Monsteroideae
- Araceae genera