Nephthytis

Last updated

Nephthytis
Nephthytis swainei - Berlin Botanical Garden - IMG 8683.JPG
Nephthytis swainei
Scientific classification Red Pencil Icon.png
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Subfamily: Aroideae
Tribe: Nephthytideae
Genus: Nephthytis
Schott
Synonyms [1]

OligogyniumEngl.

Nephthytis is a genus of eight species of flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to tropical western Africa, with one species in Borneo. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

They are herbaceous plants growing from a rhizome. The leaves are evergreen, light and dark green, 15–35 cm long, and are usually arrowhead-shaped, with three lobes. The leaf shape can vary depending on the age of the plant.

Cultivation

Some species are popular houseplants. If so, they must be kept away from any pets, as they are poisonous. When grown indoors as a decorative houseplant, it needs frequent watering to keep the soil moist. It prefers temperatures that are comfortable to humans, as with most plants. It functions well as a hanging or terrarium plant. The most common of its problems is root rot and can be avoided by providing adequate drainage. This can also be caused by allowing the plant to sit in water. As for other problems, scale insects can also affect it. If this happens, scrape them off and isolate the plant. For this kind of problem, pesticides and sprays do not always work as the shell of the insect protects it. If this becomes a severe problem, you will have to get rid of the plant. Also if this happens, make sure it is moved away from any other surrounding plants because the bugs could infect them as well. Other than that, this plant is very easy to take care of and thus, it is good for beginners. Propagation of Nephthytis is fairly easy as well. It can be propagated by layering and from cuttings.

Certain Nephthytis species are poisonous to cats and dogs. Symptoms are oral irritation and vomiting.

Syngonium podophyllum

An unrelated American species, Syngonium podophyllum , commonly grown as a houseplant, was originally confused with the similar-looking Nephthytis. It still retains Nephthytis as a common name, though it was given its own genus in 1879.

Species

Species recognized by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: [1]

  1. Nephthytis afzelii Schott - West Africa from Congo-Brazzaville to Sierra Leone
  2. Nephthytis bintuluensis A.Hay, Bogner & P.C.Boyce - Sarawak
  3. Nephthytis hallaei Bogner - Gabon
  4. Nephthytis mayombensis de Namur & Bogner - Congo-Brazzaville
  5. Nephthytis poissonii (Engl.) N.E.Br. - Congo-Brazzaville, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Gabon, Cameroon, Nigeria
  6. Nephthytis swainei Bogner - Ivory Coast, Ghana, Congo-Brazzaville, Gabon, Cameroon

Related Research Articles

<i>Alocasia</i> genus of flowering plant

Alocasia is a genus of broad-leaved rhizomatous or tuberous perennial flowering plants from the family Araceae. There are 79 species native to tropical and subtropical Asia to Eastern Australia, and widely cultivated elsewhere.

<i>Anthurium</i> Genus of plants

Anthurium, is a genus of about 1000 species of flowering plants, the largest genus of the arum family, Araceae. General common names include anthurium, tailflower, flamingo flower, and laceleaf.

<i>Caladium</i> Genus of flowering plants

Caladium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. They are often known by the common name elephant ear, heart of Jesus, and angel wings. There are over 1000 named cultivars of Caladium bicolor from the original South American plant.

<i>Ancistrocladus</i> Genus of flowering plants

Ancistrocladus is a genus of woody lianas in the monotypic family Ancistrocladaceae. The branches climb by twining other stems or by scrambling with hooked tips. They are found in the tropics of the Old World.

<i>Pothos</i> (plant) Genus of plants

Pothos is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. It is native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, Australia, New Guinea, Southeast Asia, and various islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

<i>Homalomena</i> Genus of flowering plants

Homalomena is a genus of flowering plants within the family Araceae. Homalomena are primarily found in southern Asia and the southwestern Pacific, but there are a few species that are known to be indigenous to Latin America. Many Homalomena have a strong smell of anise. The name derives apparently from a mistranslated Malayan vernacular name, translated as homalos, meaning flat, and mene = moon.

<i>Schismatoglottis</i>

Schismatoglottis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. Members of the genus are similar in appearance and growth habit to those of the genus Homalomena, but the two genera are not closely related. The primary difference is that the leaves of Schismatoglottis are not aromatic. Schismatoglottis are found primarily in tropical parts of Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and Melanesia. The majority of the species are native to the Island of Borneo.

  1. Schismatoglottis acutifoliaEngl. - Borneo
  2. Schismatoglottis adocetaS.Y.Wong - Sarawak
  3. Schismatoglottis ahmadiiA.Hay - Borneo
  4. Schismatoglottis ardeniiA.Hay - Sarawak
  5. Schismatoglottis asperataEngl. - Borneo
  6. Schismatoglottis barbataEngl. - Sarawak
  7. Schismatoglottis bauensisA.Hay & C.Lee - Sarawak
  8. Schismatoglottis bifasciataEngl. - Borneo
  9. Schismatoglottis bogneriA.Hay - Luzon, Mindoro
  10. Schismatoglottis brevicuspisHook.f. - Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra
  11. Schismatoglottis calyptrata(Roxb.) Zoll. & Moritzi - Guangxi, Taiwan, Indochina, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Vanuatu
  12. Schismatoglottis canaliculataEngl. - Borneo
  13. Schismatoglottis ciliataA.Hay - Sarawak
  14. Schismatoglottis claraeA.Hay - Sarawak
  15. Schismatoglottis clausulaS.Y.Wong - Sarawak
  16. Schismatoglottis clemensiorumA.Hay - Sabah
  17. Schismatoglottis confinisS.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce - Sarawak
  18. Schismatoglottis conoideaEngl. - Sarawak
  19. Schismatoglottis convolvulaP.C.Boyce - Sarawak
  20. Schismatoglottis corneriA.Hay - Borneo, Anambas
  21. Schismatoglottis crinitissimaA.Hay - Borneo
  22. Schismatoglottis cyriaP.C.Boyce - Brunei
  23. Schismatoglottis decipiensA.Hay - Sabah
  24. Schismatoglottis dilectaS.Y.Wong, P.C.Boyce & S.L.Low - Sarawak
  25. Schismatoglottis dulosaS.Y.Wong - Sarawak
  26. Schismatoglottis ecaudataA.Hay - Sumatra
  27. Schismatoglottis edanoiA.Hay - Samar in Philippines
  28. Schismatoglottis elegansA.Hay - Sarawak
  29. Schismatoglottis erectaM.Hotta - Sarawak
  30. Schismatoglottis eximiaEngl. - Borneo
  31. Schismatoglottis eymaeA.Hay - Sulawesi
  32. Schismatoglottis ferrugineaMerr. - Sabah
  33. Schismatoglottis gamoandraM.Hotta - Sarawak
  34. Schismatoglottis gillianiaeP.C.Boyce - Brunei
  35. Schismatoglottis glaucaEngl. - Borneo
  36. Schismatoglottis grabowskiiEngl. - Kalimantan Selatan
  37. Schismatoglottis hainanensisH.Li - Hainan
  38. Schismatoglottis harmandiiEngl. - Laos
  39. Schismatoglottis hayanaBogner & P.C.Boyce - Sarawak
  40. Schismatoglottis hayiS.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce - Sarawak
  41. Schismatoglottis hottaeBogner & Nicolson - Brunei
  42. Schismatoglottis ifugaoensisS.Y.Wong, Bogner & P.C.Boyce - Luzon
  43. Schismatoglottis incultaKurniawan & P.C.Boyce - Sulawesi
  44. Schismatoglottis jelandiiP.C.Boyce & S.Y.Wong - Sarawak
  45. Schismatoglottis jepomiiP.C.Boyce & S.Y.Wong - Sarawak
  46. Schismatoglottis jitinaeS.Y.Wong - Sarawak
  47. Schismatoglottis josefiiA.Hay - Sarawak
  48. Schismatoglottis kurziiHook.f. - Myanmar
  49. Schismatoglottis lancifoliaHallier f. & Engl. - Borneo
  50. Schismatoglottis latevaginataEngl. - Borneo
  51. Schismatoglottis linaeS.Y.Wong - Sarawak
  52. Schismatoglottis linguaA.Hay - Sabah
  53. Schismatoglottis longispathaW.Bull - Sarawak
  54. Schismatoglottis luzonensisEngl. - Philippines
  55. Schismatoglottis maeliiP.C.Boyce & S.Y.Wong - Sarawak
  56. Schismatoglottis matangensisS.Y.Wong - Sarawak
  57. Schismatoglottis mayoanaBogner & M.Hotta - Sarawak
  58. Schismatoglottis merrilliiEngl. - Luzon
  59. Schismatoglottis mindanaoanaEngl. - Mindanao
  60. Schismatoglottis miraS.Y.Wong, P.C.Boyce & S.L.Low - Sarawak
  61. Schismatoglottis modestaSchott - Kalimantan Tengah
  62. Schismatoglottis monoplacentaM.Hotta - Sarawak
  63. Schismatoglottis moodiiA.Hay - Sabah
  64. Schismatoglottis motleyana(Schott) Engl. - Borneo
  65. Schismatoglottis multifloraRidl. - Borneo
  66. Schismatoglottis multinerviaM.Hotta - Sarawak
  67. Schismatoglottis nervosaRidl. - Sarawak
  68. Schismatoglottis niahensisA.Hay - Sarawak
  69. Schismatoglottis nicolsoniiA.Hay - Sarawak
  70. Schismatoglottis patentinerviaEngl. - Borneo
  71. Schismatoglottis pectinerviaA.Hay - Brunei
  72. Schismatoglottis penangensisEngl - Penang
  73. Schismatoglottis petriA.Hay - Brunei
  74. Schismatoglottis platystigmaM.Hotta - Brunei
  75. Schismatoglottis pluriveniaAlderw. - Philippines, Sulawesi
  76. Schismatoglottis puberulipesAlderw. - Borneo
  77. Schismatoglottis pudendaA.Hay - Sarawak
  78. Schismatoglottis pumilaHallier f. ex Engl. - Borneo
  79. Schismatoglottis pusillaEngl. - Philippines
  80. Schismatoglottis pyrrhiasA.Hay - Sarawak
  81. Schismatoglottis retinerviaFurtado - Sabah
  82. Schismatoglottis roseospathaBogner - Sarawak
  83. Schismatoglottis samarensisA.Hay - Samar in Philippines
  84. Schismatoglottis sarikeensis(Bogner & M.Hotta) A.Hay & Bogner - Sarawak
  85. Schismatoglottis schottiiBogner & Nicolson - Borneo
  86. Schismatoglottis scortechiniiHook.f. - Peninsular Malaysia
  87. Schismatoglottis sejunctaA.Hay - Brunei
  88. Schismatoglottis silamensisA.Hay - Sabah
  89. Schismatoglottis simoniiS.Y.Wong - Sarawak
  90. Schismatoglottis subundulata(Zoll. ex Schott) Nicolson - Sulawesi
  91. Schismatoglottis tahubangensisA.Hay & Hersc. - Sabah
  92. Schismatoglottis tecturata(Schott) Engl. - Borneo, Riau Islands
  93. Schismatoglottis tessellataS.Y.Wong - Sarawak
  94. Schismatoglottis thelephoraS.Y.Wong, P.C.Boyce & S.L.Low - Sarawak
  95. Schismatoglottis trifasciataEngl. - Borneo
  96. Schismatoglottis trivittataHallier - Borneo
  97. Schismatoglottis trusmadiensisA.Hay & Mood - Sabah
  98. Schismatoglottis turbataS.Y.Wong - Sarawak
  99. Schismatoglottis ulusarikeiensisS.Y.Wong - Sarawak
  100. Schismatoglottis unifoliaA.Hay & P.C.Boyce - Sabah
  101. Schismatoglottis venustaA.Hay - Sabah
  102. Schismatoglottis viridissimaA.Hay - Sarawak
  103. Schismatoglottis wahaianaAlderw. - Seram in Maluku
  104. Schismatoglottis wallichiiHook.f. - Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra
  105. Schismatoglottis warburgianaEngl. - Sagapan, Mindanao
  106. Schismatoglottis wongiiA.Hay - Sabah
  107. Schismatoglottis zonataHallier f. - - Borneo
<i>Anchomanes</i> Genus of flowering plants

Anchomanes is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. The genus is native to tropical Africa.

<i>Aridarum</i> Genus of flowering plants

Aridarum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. All of the known species in this genus are rheophytic and are endemic to the Island of Borneo. The plant is aquatic and has willow-shaped leaves that are able to take strong currents without sustaining damage.

<i>Biarum</i> Genus of flowering plants

Biarum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. It is composed of plants that are native to the Middle East, southern Europe, and North Africa. Biarum are often found growing in rock crevices and graveled soil composed largely of limestone.

<i>Stylochaeton</i>

Stylochaeton is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae that is endemic to Africa. Stylochaeton are rhizomatous with hastate leaves. Flowering in this genus is said to be quite uncommon.

  1. Stylochaeton angolenseEngl. - Angola
  2. Stylochaeton bogneriMayo - Kenya, Tanzania
  3. Stylochaeton borumenseN.E.Br. - Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia
  4. Stylochaeton crassispathumBogner - Tanzania
  5. Stylochaeton cuculliferumPeter - Zaïre, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi
  6. Stylochaeton euryphyllumMildbr. - Tanzania, Mozambique
  7. Stylochaeton grandeN.E.Br. - Somalia
  8. Stylochaeton hypogeumLepr. - Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Senegal, Nigeria, Chad, Ethiopia, Sudan
  9. Stylochaeton kornasiiMalaisse & Bamps - Zaïre
  10. Stylochaeton lancifoliumKotschy & Peyr. - Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Nigeria, Niger, Senegal, Togo, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Sudan
  11. Stylochaeton malaisseiBogner - Zaïre
  12. Stylochaeton milneanumMayo - Tanzania
  13. Stylochaeton natalenseSchott - Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, northern South Africa
  14. Stylochaeton oligocarpumRiedl. - Ogaden region of eastern Ethiopia
  15. Stylochaeton pilosumBogner - Sierra Leone
  16. Stylochaeton puberulumN.E.Br. - Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  17. Stylochaeton salaamicumN.E.Br. - Kenya, Tanzania
  18. Stylochaeton shabaenseMalaisse & Bamps - Zaïre
  19. Stylochaeton tortispathumBogner & Haigh - Mozambique
  20. Stylochaeton zenkeriEngl - Zaïre, Congo-Brazzaville, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Sierra Leone
<i>Scindapsus</i>

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. The species Scindapsus pictus is common in cultivation.

Alloschemone is a genus of evergreen root climbing plants in the family Araceae that is native to the Amazon region of Bolivia and Brazil. There are only two species in the genus and both are extremely rare. These two species are Alloschemone occidentalis and Alloschemone inopinata. At one point in history, the genus Alloschemone was dissolved and added to Scindapsus, but it has since been reinstated after further observations of the plants.

<i>Urospatha</i>

Urospatha is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae that consists of approximately 10 known species. They are found growing in South America and Central America in swamps, wet savannahs, and brackish water. The leaves of the species in this genus are upward pointing and sagittate (arrow-shaped). The inflorescences are quite unique; the spathe is mottled and elongated with a spiral twist at the end. The seeds are distributed by water and have a texture similar to cork that allows them to float. They also quickly germinate in water.

<i>Piptospatha</i> Genus of flowering plants

Piptospatha is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. The genus is characteristic is rheophytic and has seeds that are dispersed by splashes of water hitting its cup-like spathes. It is native to Southeast Asia.

  1. Piptospatha burbidgei(N.E.Br.) M.Hotta - Sarawak, Sabah
  2. Piptospatha elongata(Engl.) N.E.Br. - Kalimantan Barat
  3. Piptospatha impolitaS.Y.Wong, P.C.Boyce & Bogner - Sarawak
  4. Piptospatha insignisN.E.Br. - Sarawak
  5. Piptospatha manduensisBogner & A.Hay - Kalimantan Timur
  6. Piptospatha marginata(Engl.) N.E.Br. - Sarawak
  7. Piptospatha perakensis(Engl.) Ridl. - southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia
  8. Piptospatha remiformisRidl. - Sarawak
  9. Piptospatha repensH.Okada & Tsukaya - Kalimantan Barat
  10. Piptospatha ridleyiN.E.Br. ex Hook.f. - Johor, Pahang, Selangor
  11. Piptospatha truncata(M.Hotta) Bogner & A.Hay - Sarawak
  12. Piptospatha viridistigmaS.Y.Wong, P.C.Boyce & Bogner - Sarawak
<i>Cercestis</i> Genus of flowering plants

Cercestis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. The species in this genus are all climbers and are endemic to Africa. At intervals along the stem they produce long leafless shoots called flagella. Many of the species in Cersestis show signs of fenestration.

<i>Culcasia</i> Genus of flowering plants

Culcasia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to tropical Africa. Most of its species are climbers and resemble Cercestis except for the fact that they don't produce flagella.

  1. Culcasia angolensisWelw. ex Schott - western + central Africa from Senegal to Angola
  2. Culcasia annetiiNtépé-Nyamè - Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Liberia
  3. Culcasia bosiiNtépé-Nyamè - Cameroon, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville
  4. Culcasia brevipetiolataBogner - Gabon
  5. Culcasia caudataEngl. - Zaïre
  6. Culcasia dinklageiEngl - western + central Africa from Liberia to Zaïre
  7. Culcasia ekongoloiNtépé-Nyamè - central Africa from Nigeria to Zaïre
  8. Culcasia falcifoliaEngl. - central Africa from Gabon east to Tanzania and south to Mozambique
  9. Culcasia glandulosaHepper - Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Congo-Brazzaville
  10. Culcasia insulanaN.E.Br. - Zaïre, Cameroon, Gulf of Guinea Islands
  11. Culcasia lanceolataEngl. - Cameroon, Gabon
  12. Culcasia libericaN.E.Br. - Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Togo
  13. Culcasia linearifoliaBogner - Cameroon, Gabon
  14. Culcasia loukandensisPellegr - Cameroon, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Zaïre, Central African Republic
  15. Culcasia mannii(Hook.f.) Engl. - Cameroon, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea
  16. Culcasia obliquifoliaEngl. - Cameroon, Gabon
  17. Culcasia orientalisMayo - Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia
  18. Culcasia panduriformisEngl. & K.Krause - Cameroon, Gabon
  19. Culcasia parvifloraN.E.Br. - western + central Africa from Liberia to Zaïre
  20. Culcasia rotundifoliaBogner - Gabon
  21. Culcasia sanagensisNtépé-Nyamè - Cameroon
  22. Culcasia scandensP.Beauv. - western + central Africa from Liberia to Angola
  23. Culcasia seretiiDe Wild - western + central Africa from Liberia to Zaïre
  24. Culcasia simiarumNtépé-Nyamè - western Africa from Ivory Coast to Cameroon
  25. Culcasia striolataEngl. - western + central Africa from Liberia to Congo-Brazzaville
  26. Culcasia tenuifoliaEngl. - western + central Africa from Liberia to Zaïre
  27. Culcasia yangambiensisLouis & Mullend. - Congo-Brazzaville, Zaïre
<i>Eminium</i> Genus of flowering plants

Eminium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. The genus ranges from Turkey and Egypt east to Central Asia. Usually they can be found growing in barren areas in sand or stony soil. The foliage of Eminium resembles Helicodiceros and its inflorescence and fruit resembles those of Biarum.

  1. Eminium albertii(Regel) Engl. - Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan
  2. Eminium heterophyllum(Blume) Schott - Iran, Iraq, Turkey
  3. Eminium intortum(Banks & Sol.) Kuntze - Turkey, Syria
  4. Eminium jaegeriBogner & P.C.Boyce - Iran
  5. Eminium koenenianumLobin & P.C.Boyce - Turkey
  6. Eminium lehmannii(Bunge) Kuntze - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan
  7. Eminium rauwolffii(Blume) Schott - Turkey, Syria
  8. Eminium regeliiVved. - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  9. Eminium spiculatum(Blume) Schott - Egypt, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran
<i>Nephthytis swainei</i> Species of flowering plant

Nephthytis swainei is a species of flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to tropical West Africa.

Ooia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae, formally described in 2010. It has two known species, both endemic to the island of Borneo.

  1. Ooia grabowskii(Engl.) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce - Borneo
  2. Ooia kinabaluensis(Bogner) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce - Sabah, Brunei

References

  1. 1 2 3 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. ↑ Hay, Alistair, Bogner, Josef, & Boyce, Peter Charles. 1994. Nephthytis Schott (Araceae) in Borneo: a new species and a new generic record for Malesia. Novon 4:365-368.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.