🌿 Family

Araceae

156 species · Plants

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Alismatales › Araceae

Wolffia brasiliensis Wedd.

Wolffia brasiliensis, or Brazilian watermeal, is a tiny leafless stemless rootless flowering plant native to the Americas that grows on calm pond surfaces.

Wolffia columbiana H.Karst.

Wolffia columbiana (Columbian watermeal) is a perennial aquatic Lemnoideae plant widespread across the Americas and Curaçao.

Wolffiella gladiata (Hegelm.) Hegelm.

Wolffiella gladiata, the Florida mudmidget, is a tiny aquatic flowering plant in Araceae found across parts of the US and Mexico.

Pothos scandens L.

Pothos scandens L. is a climbing tropical forest aroid, the type species of genus Pothos, found across South and Southeast Asia and Western Indian Ocean islands.

Anthurium andraeanum Linden ex André

Anthurium andraeanum is a popular ornamental flowering perennial native to northwestern South America, known for its brightly colored spathe, and it is toxic to all mammals.

Anthurium pentaphyllum (Aubl.) G.Don

Anthurium pentaphyllum (Aubl.) G.Don is a species of the Anthurium genus found across Central and South America.

Anthurium bakeri Hook.f.

Anthurium bakeri is a semi-epiphytic flowering aroid sometimes sold as a houseplant, native from Mexico to northwestern South America.

Anthurium gracile (Rudge) Lindl.

Anthurium gracile, red pearls anthurium, is an epiphytic aroid native to the American tropics grown as a drainage-needing houseplant.

Anthurium obtusum (Engl.) Grayum

Anthurium obtusum is a widely distributed Central and South American Anthurium species distinct from similar Anthurium scandens.

Anthurium clavigerum Poepp.

Anthurium clavigerum is an epiphytic Central and South American Anthurium with the largest foliage of any Central American Anthurium.

Anthurium formosum Schott

Anthurium formosum is a Central and South American Anthurium species, with spearmint-scented wax on its spadix that attracts euglossine bees.

Anthurium ochranthum K.Koch

Anthurium ochranthum is a flowering plant species in the Araceae family, found from Honduras to Colombia.

Anthurium crenatum (L.) Kunth

Anthurium crenatum, the scalloped laceleaf, is a Caribbean-native aroid suited for container growing.

Anthurium salvinii Hemsl.

Anthurium salvinii is a neotropical epiphytic anthurium with unusual fern-like leaf unfurling and a nutrient-catching leaf rosette.

Spathiphyllum wallisii Regel

Spathiphyllum wallisii Regel is a herbaceous perennial tropical evergreen, with many popular cultivars grown as indoor plants.

Spathiphyllum cannifolium (Dryand. ex Sims) Schott

Spathiphyllum cannifolium is a clumping aroid perennial native to South American and Trinidadian wet tropics, widely grown as a houseplant.

Monstera tuberculata Lundell

Monstera tuberculata is a flowering aroid plant native to Central America and parts of Mexico, with distinct growth habits at different life stages.

Monstera lechleriana Schott

Monstera lechleriana is an epiphytic climbing flowering vine native to parts of Central and South America.

Monstera acuminata K.Koch

Monstera acuminata is a hemiepiphytic aroid that starts as a prostrate ground plant before climbing trees, with dimorphic foliage.

Monstera siltepecana Matuda

Monstera siltepecana is a fast-growing vining flowering plant from the Monstera genus, native to wet tropical areas of southern Mexico and Central America.

Monstera obliqua Miq.

Monstera obliqua is a hemiepiphytic Monstera species native to Central and South America, known for its highly perforated mature leaves.

Monstera tenuis K.Koch

Monstera tenuis is a shingling climbing aroid native to Central American wet tropical habitats, with dramatic leaf shape changes as it matures.

Monstera spruceana (Schott) Engl.

Monstera spruceana is a climbing Monstera species native to the Americas, used as traditional medicine by the Shuar and Kichwa.

Monstera pinnatipartita Schott

Monstera pinnatipartita is a pinnate-leaved flowering Monstera native to tropical Central and northern South America.

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Alismataceae 33 species Potamogetonaceae 30 species Hydrocharitaceae 21 species Juncaginaceae 6 species Tofieldiaceae 6 species Zosteraceae 6 species Cymodoceaceae 4 species Posidoniaceae 2 species

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