Scindapsus

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Scindapsus
Scindapsus pictus 01.jpg
Scindapsus pictus var. argyreus
Scientific classification e
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[]

  1. Alderw. - Sumatra
  2. Alderw. - Queensland, New Guinea, Solomon Islands
  3. Engl. - Sumatra, Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia
  4. Hosok. - Chuuk Islands in Micronesia
  5. Engl. - Borneo
  6. Engl. - Borneo
  7. Engl. & K.Krause - Sabah, Philippines
  8. (Aubl.) C.Presl - Nicobar Islands, Philippines, Maluku, Java
  9. Engl. & K.Krause - New Guinea
  10. Engl. - Sulawesi
  11. Engl. - Sarawak
  12. (Engl. & K.Krause) Alderw. - Borneo
  13. Engl. - described 1898 from material cultivated at botanical garden in Bogor; probably now extinct
  14. Miq. - Indochina, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Philippines
  15. Alderw. - Java
  16. M.Hotta - Borneo
  17. Engl. - Brunei, Sarawak
  18. Merr. - Borneo
  19. Bogner & P.C.Boyce - Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia
  20. (Merr.) Merr. & F.P.Metcalf - Hainan, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand
  21. Alderw. - Borneo
  22. Miq. - Java
  23. (Roxb.) Schott - India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Assam, Nepal, Andaman Islands, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam
  24. Hook.f. - Bangladesh, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Java, Sumatra
  25. Scindapsus pictus Hassk. - Bangladesh, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Sulawesi, Philippines
  26. Alderw. - Sumatra
  27. Ridl. - Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra
  28. Engl. & K.Krause - Solomon Islands
  29. K.Krause - Papua New Guinea
  30. Hook.f. - Bangladesh, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia
  31. Alderw. - Sumatra
  32. Engl. & K.Krause - Papua New Guinea
  33. Alderw. - Sumatra
  34. (Schott) P.C.Boyce & A.Hay - Sumatra
  35. Engl. - Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Java

References[]

  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected plant Families
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Mansor, M., Boyce, P.C., Othman, A.S. & Sulaiman, B. (2012). The Araceae of peninsular Malaysia: 1-146. Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia.
  4. ^ Flora of China Vol. 23 Page 15, 藤芋属 teng yu shu, Scindapsus Schott in Schott & Endlicher, Melet. Bot. 21. 1832.
  5. ^ Bown, Deni (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family [ILLUSTRATED]. Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-485-7
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