Spathiphyllum cochlearispathum

Spathiphyllum cochlearispathum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Monocots
Order:Alismatales
Family:Araceae
Genus:Spathiphyllum
Species: S. cochlearispathum
Binomial name
Spathiphyllum cochlearispathum
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. "Spathiphyllum cochlearispathum". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  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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