Philodendron goeldii

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Philodendron goeldii
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Location taken: Berlin Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Genus: Philodendron
Species:
P. goeldii
Binomial name
Philodendron goeldii
G.M.Barroso [1]
Synonyms [1]
  • Philodendron spruceanum(Schott) G.M.Barroso, without basionym ref; not Philodendron spruceanum G.S.Bunting
  • Thaumatophyllum spruceanumSchott

Philodendron goeldii, synonym Thaumatophyllum spruceanum, is a neotropical hemiepiphytic or scrambling plant in the genus Philodendron , in the family Araceae. It is native to northern South America. [1]

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Description

Philodendron goeldii is noted for its unusually hoop-shaped, parallel-pinnately veined, pedately divided leaves; [2] these are similar to those of the sympatric species Philodendron leal-costae . [3] Each leaf consists of 10-20 leaflets, with the central leaflet 18–50 cm long. [4]

P. goeldii is self-heading (arborescent or tree-like) and occurs both as a terrestrial shrub in sandy soil along riverbanks and forest margins, and as a hemiepiphyte atop larger trees in dense forest. [5]

The fruit of P. goeldii is edible and sweet, reminiscent of pineapple or banana. [5]

Taxonomy

The species was first described by Heinrich Wilhelm Schott in 1859 as Thaumatophyllum spruceanum. [1] It was initially the only species in the genus Thaumatophyllum. [6] The specific epithet spruceanum refers to botanist Richard Spruce, credited as being the first to collect specimens of the plant from the Amazon rainforest in 1851. [7]

The species was later moved to Philodendron in 1962 by Graziela M. Barroso, placed alongside other members of what was then the subgenus Meconostigma. [8] However, she did not explicitly refer to the basionym Thaumatophyllum spruceanum when publishing the combination Philodendron spruceanum, rendering it unacceptable. ( Philodendron spruceanum was later published correctly for a different species. [9] ) Molecular phylogenetics research in 2018 resulted in the subsequent resurrection of Thaumatophyllum, with Meconostigma species being placed within it. [4] As of October 2025, Plants of the World Online and other taxonomic databases did not accept Thaumatophyllum, treating it as a synonym of Philodendron. [10] [11] [12] As the name Philodendron spruceanum is not acceptable, the later synonym Philodendron goeldii is used. [1]

Distribution

Philodendron goeldii is native to the humid rainforest of northern Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Philodendron goeldii G.M.Barroso". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 2025-10-04.
  2. ↑ Hay, A. (2019). "Durianology, discovery, and saltation — the evolution of aroids". Gardens' Bulletin Singapore. 71 (Suppl. 2): 279. doi: 10.26492/gbs71(suppl.2).2019-20 .
  3. ↑ Mayo, S.J. (1990). "History and Infrageneric Nomenclature of Philodendron (Araceae)" . Kew Bulletin. 45 (1). Springer on behalf of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: 37–71. doi:10.2307/4114436. JSTOR   4114436 . Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  4. 1 2 Sakuragui, Cassia Mônica; Calazans, Luana Silva Braucks; Oliveira, Leticia Loss de; Morais, Érica Barroso de; Benko-Iseppon, Ana Maria; Vasconcelos, Santelmo; Schrago, Carlos Eduardo Guerra & Mayo, Simon Joseph (2018), "Recognition of the genus Thaumatophyllum Schott − formerly Philodendron subg. Meconostigma (Araceae) − based on molecular and morphological evidence", PhytoKeys (98): 51–71, doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.98.25044 , PMC   5943393 , PMID   29750071
  5. 1 2 Madison, M. (1981). "Notes on some aroids along the Rio Negro, Brazil [1979]" (PDF). Aroideana (USA). 2 (3): 71, 77. ISSN   0197-4033 . Retrieved 30 November 2024.
  6. ↑ Schott, H. (1859), "Aroideenskizzen", Bonplandia. Zeitschrift für die gesammte Botanik (in German and Latin), 7 (3): 26–31, p. 31
  7. ↑ Shmahalo, Olena. "DNA Analysis Reveals a Genus of Plants Hiding in Plain Sight". Quanta Magazine. Simons Foundation. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  8. ↑ Mayo, S.J. (1991), "A revision of Philodendron subgenus Meconostigma (Araceae)", Kew Bulletin, 46 (4): 601–668, doi:10.2307/4110410, JSTOR   4110410
  9. ↑ "Philodendron spruceanum G.S.Bunting", Plants of the World Online , Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew , retrieved 2025-10-04
  10. ↑ "Thaumatophyllum Schott", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2025-10-04
  11. ↑ "Thaumatophyllum Schott", World Flora Online , retrieved 2025-10-04
  12. ↑ "Genus Thaumatophyllum Schott", GRIN Taxonomy, retrieved 2025-10-04
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