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Spathe flower (Spathiphyllum cannifolium)

Dlium Spathe flower (Spathiphyllum cannifolium)

Spathe flower (Spathiphyllum cannifolium) is a species of plant in Araceae, herbaceous shrub forming green clumps, growing upright, 50 cm high, 60-90 cm wide, growing wild in rainforests and shady places on the forest floor.

S. cannifolium has leaves with long stalks. The strands are large oblong, broad and elongated, the tip is pointed, the upper side is dark green and shiny, the underside is pale green, a main vein runs linearly in the middle and creates a hollow with many veins running sideways.





Inflorescence at the end of a long, erect stalk. Flowers in the form of large spathes and spadix. The spathe is white or pale yellow or ivory, folding back to expose the spadix. Spadix is cylindrical, slender, ivory in color and erect.

Spathe flower grows in shaded areas with high humidity and well-drained soil, well away from direct sunlight.

TAXON

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Subfamily: Monsteroideae
Tribe: Spathiphylleae
Genus: Spathiphyllum Schott in H.W.Schott & S.L.Endlicher, Melet. Bot.: 22 (1832)
Section: Massowia
Species: Spathiphyllum cannifolium (Dryand. ex Sims) Schott in Aroideae 1: 1 (1853)

HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS

Dracunculus cannifolius (Dryand. ex Sims) Raf. in Fl. Tellur. 3: 65 (1837)
Massowia cannifolia (Dryand. ex Sims) K.Koch in Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 10: 278 (1852)
Philodendron cannifolium (Dryand. ex Sims) Sweet in Sweet's Hort. Brit., ed. 3.: 632 (1839)
Pothos cannifolius Dryand. ex Sims in Bot. Mag. 17: t. 603 (1802)

HETEROTYPIC SYNONYMS

Anthurium dechardii Andrews in Ill. Hort. 24: t. 269 (1877)
Leucochlamys callacea Poepp. ex Engl. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 230 (1879)
Massowia canniformis (Kunth) K.Koch in Bonplandia (Hannover) 4: 11 (1856) Pothos canniformis Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 76 (1816)
Pothos leucophaeus Poepp. ex Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(2): 104 (1878)
Pothos odoratus Anderson ex Sims (1802)
Spathiphyllum bonplandii Schott in Oesterr. Bot. Wochenbl. 7: 158 (1857)
Spathiphyllum candicans Poepp. in E.F.Poeppig & S.L.Endlicher, Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 3: 85 (1845)
Spathiphyllum cannifolium var. nanum Engl. in Pflanzenr., IV, 23B(Heft 21): 132 (1908)
Spathiphyllum canniforme (Kunth) Engl. (1878)
Spathiphyllum dechardii (Andrews) L.Gentil in Pl. Cult. Serres Jard. Bot. Brux.: 179 (1907)

PUBLICATIONS

Bernal, R., Gradstein, R.S. & Celis, M. (eds.) (2016). Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia 1-2: 1-3068. Libro impreso.

Cardona, F. (2004). Synopsis of the Genus Spathiphyllum (Araceae) in Colombia. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 91: 448-456.

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.

Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.

VERNACULAR NAME

Bali: Sari dame
English: Spathe flower, Peace lily, Canna-leaf peace lily
Indonesia: Bunga damai, Lili perdamaian
Japanese: オオササウチワ
Java: Santi, Sekar santi

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