Araceae
Scindapsus

Scindapsus officinalis (Roxb.) Schott

First published in H.W.Schott & S.L.Endlicher, Melet. Bot.: 21 (1832)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Indian Subcontinent to Indo-China. It is a climber and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Ara, H. (2001). An Annotated Checklist of Aroids of Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy 8(2): 19-34.
  • Bhattacharya, R.P., Pal, D.C. & Pati, B.R. (2014). A sytematic census of monocot climbers of Bihar anf Jharkhand states. Indian Journal of Forestry 37: 317-324.
  • Boyce, P.C., Sookchaloem, D., Hetterscheid, W.L.A., Gusman, G., Jacobsen, N., Idei, T. & Nguyen, V.D. (2012). Flora of Thailand 11(2): 101-325. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
  • 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.
  • Leti, M., Hul, S., Fouché, J.-G., Cheng, S.K. & David, B. (2013). Flore photographique du Cambodge: 1-589. Éditions Privat, Toulouse.
  • Nguyễn Văn Du (2017). Thực Vật Chí Việt Nam. Flora of Vietnam 16: 1-458. Nhà xuất bản khoa học và kỹ thuật, Hà Nội.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
  • Sasikala, K., Vajravelu, E. & Daniel, P. (2019). Fascicles of Flora of India 29: 1-357. Botanical Survey of India, New Delhi.
  • Tanaka, N., Koyama, T. & Murata, J. (2005). The flowering plants of Mt. Popa, central Myanmar - Results of Myanmar-Japanese joint expeditions, 2000-2004. Makinoa 5: 1-102.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ara, H. (2001). An Annotated Checklist of Aroids of Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy 8(2): 19-34.
  • Boyce, P.C., Sookchaloem, D., Hetterscheid, W.L.A., Gusman, G., Jacobsen, N., Idei, T. & Nguyen, V.D. (2012). Flora of Thailand 11(2): 101-325. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
  • Leti, M., Hul, S., Fouché, J.-G., Cheng, S.K. & David, B. (2013). Flore photographique du Cambodge: 1-589. Éditions Privat, Toulouse.
  • Nguyễn Văn Du (2017). Thực Vật Chí Việt Nam. Flora of Vietnam 16: 1-458. Nhà xuất bản khoa học và kỹ thuật, Hà Nội.
  • Sasikala, K., Vajravelu, E. & Daniel, P. (2019). Fascicles of Flora of India 29: 1-357. Botanical Survey of India, New Delhi.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Boyce, P.C.; Toha, A.M.M.; Rahman, M.A. [5537] Bangladesh K002466320 Yes
Boyce, P.C.; Toha, A.M.M.; Rahman, M.A. [5537] Bangladesh K002466319 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002466304 Yes
King [147] Bangladesh K002466318 Yes
Kurz, S. [2654] Burma K002466371 Yes
[Hfl]; Thomson [359] India K002466313 Yes
Boyce, P.C. [904] Thailand K:SPC-60527.000 No
Kerr, A.F.G. [20293] Thailand K002466372 Yes
Lakshnakara, M.C. [1317] Thailand K002466378 Yes
Boyce, P.C.; Toha, A.M.M.; Rahman, M.A. [5537] Bangladesh K002466321 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [1344] India K002466307 Yes
Boyce, P.C.; Toha, A.M.M.; Rahman, M.A. [5403] Bangladesh K002466324 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [21528] India K002466305 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [20293] Thailand K002466377 Yes
King [147] Bangladesh K002466314 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [3070] Thailand K002466375 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [21679] India K002466306 Yes
Boyce, P.C.; Toha, A.M.M.; Rahman, M.A. [5403] Bangladesh K002466322 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [3070] Thailand K002466373 Yes
[Hf]; Thomson [s.n.] India K002466316 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [s.n.] India K002466301 Yes
Lakshnakara, M.C. [1317] Thailand K002466376 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [9112] India K002466303 Yes
Prain, D. [s.n.] India K002466309 Yes
King [350] India K002466308 Yes
Boyce, P.C.; Toha, A.M.M.; Rahman, M.A. [5403] Bangladesh K002466323 Yes
[Harqulth] [22846] India K002466302 Yes
Prain, D. [s.n.] India K002466310 Yes
[hf]; Thomson [s.n.] India K002466317 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [3070] Thailand K002466374 Yes
s.coll. [17107] Bangladesh K002466315 Yes
Brown, N.E. [s.n.] Bangladesh K002466312 Yes
Noton, B. [Cat. no. 4436] India Pothos officinalis K001039004 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 4436] Burma Pothos officinalis K001039002 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 4436] Burma Pothos officinalis K001039001 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 4436] India Pothos officinalis K001038998 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 4436] Pothos officinalis K001039003 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.] Nepal Pothos officinalis K001132968 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 4436] India Pothos officinalis K001038997 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 4436] India Pothos officinalis K001038999 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 4436] Burma Pothos officinalis K001039000 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

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    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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    • Haigh, A., Clark, B., Reynolds, L., Mayo, S.J., Croat, T.B., Lay, L., Boyce, P.C., Mora, M., Bogner, J., Sellaro, M., Wong, S.Y., Kostelac, C., Grayum, M.H., Keating, R.C., Ruckert, G., Naylor, M.F. and Hay, A., CATE Araceae, 17 Dec 2011.
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images