Spathiphyllum cochlearispathum

Spathiphyllum cochlearispathum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Subfamily: Monsteroideae
Tribe: Spathiphylleae
Genus: Spathiphyllum
Species: S. cochlearispathum
Binomial name
Spathiphyllum cochlearispathum
(Liebm.) Engl.
Synonyms[1]

Spathiphyllum cochlearispathum is a plant species of the genus Spathiphyllum in the family Araceae. It is native to southern Mexico and often cultivated.[2]

Taxonomic history

The species was originally described by Frederik Michael Liebmann in a separate genus Hydnostachyon, which he described as having a concave (spoon-like) spathe Spatha foliacea persistens cochleariformis, from which he formed the species epithet cochlearispathum.[3] The species was moved to the genus Spathiphyllum by Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler.[4]

References

  1. "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved February 17, 2014.
  2. "USDA GRIN Taxonomy".
  3. F. Liebmann (1849). Om Mexicos Aroideer. Videnskabelige meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske forening i Kjöbenhavn (Made available online by The Biodiversity Heritage Library). pp. 11–25.
  4. Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler (1879). Alphonse de Candolle and Casimir de Candolle, ed. Monographiæ phanerogamarum. p. 221.
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