Taxon:
Philodendron acutatum Schott
Summary
Place of publication:
Syn. Aroid. 94. 1856
Verified:
02/22/2006
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Boggan, J. et al. 1997. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2
- Croat, T. B. & N. Lambert. 1986. The Araceae of Venezuela. Aroideana 9:197.
- Devanand, P. S. et al. 2004. Assessment of genetic relationships among Philodendron cultivars using AFLP markers. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 129:690-697. Note: as "Philodendron imbe"
- Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource). URL: http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/
- Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 2002. World checklist and bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae). URL: http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do
- Pittier, H. F. et al. 1945-1947. Catálogo de la flora venezolana.
- Pulle, A. A. et al., eds. 1932-. Flora of Suriname.
- Sakuragui, C. M. et al. 2006. Taxonomic revision of Brazilian species of Philodendron section Macrobelium. Kew Bull. 60:472-476.
- Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds. 1995-. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Note: Missouri Botanical Garden & Timber Press
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Acre | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Amapá | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Amazonas | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Bahia | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Distrito Federal | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Goiás | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Maranhão | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Mato Grosso | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Pará | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Paraíba | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Pernambuco | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Piauí | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Rio Grande do Norte | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Rondônia | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Roraima | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Sergipe | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Trinidad and Tobago | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | French Guiana | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Guyana | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Suriname | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Bolivia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
Native
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
Trinidad and Tobago
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
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BRAZIL:
Brazil [Acre, Amazonas, Bahia, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Pará, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte, Sergipe, Amapá, Rondônia, Roraima, Distrito Federal]
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia, Colombia
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | fide Dict Gard, as Philodendron imbe; Zander Ency, as Philodendron imbe | Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening Note: lists as Philodendron imbe Schott ex Endl. |
Medicines | folklore | as Philodendron imbe | Plowman, T. A. 1969. Folk uses of New World aroids. Econ. Bot. 23:111. URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/12231 |