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Spathiphyllum
''Spathiphyllum'' is a genus of about 60 species of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to tropical regions of the Americas and southeastern Asia. Certain species of ''Spathiphyllum'' are commonly known as spath or peace lilies. They are evergreen herbaceous perennial plants with large leaves long and broad. The flowers are produced in a spadix, surrounded by a long, white, yellowish, or greenish spathe. The plant does not need large amounts of light or water to survive. It is most often grown as a houseplant. However, it can withstand the elements well enough to thrive when planted outdoors in hot and humid situations. Description ''Spathiphyllum'' is a genus of herbaceous evergreen plants with dark green foliage that can reach in height. Rosettes of glossy, dark green leaves emerge directly from a low-lying or underground creeping stem. The leaves are elliptical or lanceolate, long and wide. They are supported on shoots ( petioles) of short ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spathiphyllum Cochlearispathum
''Spathiphyllum cochlearispathum'' is a plant species in the family Araceae The Araceae are a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants in which flowers are borne on a type of inflorescence called a spadix. The spadix is usually accompanied by, and sometimes partially enclosed in, a spathe (or leaf-like bract). Also .... It is native to southern Mexico and often cultivated. When cultivated as a houseplant, ''Spathiphyllum cochlearispathum'' is commonly called peace lily. Taxonomic history Frederik Michael Liebmann originally described the species in a separate genus ''Hydnostachyon'', which he described as having a concave (spoon-like) spathe ''Spatha foliacea persistens cochleariformis'', from which he formed the species epithet ''cochlearispathum''. The species was moved to the genus ''Spathiphyllum'' by Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler. Image:Spathiphyllum cochlearispathum1.jpg Image:Peace lily -- Spathiphyllum.jpg Image:Peace lily.jpg Image:Peace lily .jpg Care inst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spathiphyllum Cannifolium
''Spathiphyllum cannifolium'', the canna-leaf peace lily or spatheflower (a name it shares with other members of its genus), is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae The Araceae are a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants in which flowers are borne on a type of inflorescence called a spadix. The spadix is usually accompanied by, and sometimes partially enclosed in, a spathe (or leaf-like bract). Also .... It is native to wet tropical areas of Trinidad and northern and western South America. A clumping perennial reaching , it is widely kept as a houseplant. References cannifolium House plants Flora of Trinidad and Tobago Flora of western South America Flora of Venezuela Flora of Guyana Flora of North Brazil Plants described in 1853 {{Araceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spathiphyllum Floribundum
''Spathiphyllum floribundum'', the snowflower, peace lily, is a flowering plant in the family Araceae, native to northwestern South America from Panama east to Venezuela and south to Peru. It is a herbaceous perennial plant. The leaves are oval to lanceolate, 12–20 cm long and 5–9 cm broad. The flowers are produced in a spadix, surrounded by a 10–20 cm long, greenish- or yellowish-white spathe In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf, associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis or cone scale. Bracts are usually different from foliage leaves in size, color, shape or texture. They also look .... References {{Taxonbar, from=Q7574020 floribundum Flora of Panama Flora of Venezuela Flora of Peru Taxa named by N. E. Brown Taxa named by Jean Jules Linden Taxa named by Édouard André ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spadix (botany)
In botany, a spadix ( ; : spadices , ) is a type of inflorescence having small flowers borne on a fleshy stem. Spadices are typical of the family Araceae, the arums or aroids. The spadix is typically surrounded by a leaf-like curved bract known as a spathe. For example, the "flower" of the well known ''Anthurium'' spp. is a typical spadix with a large colorful spathe. In this type of inflorescence, the Peduncle (botany), peduncle is thick, long and fleshy, having small sessile unisexual flowers covered with one or more large green or colourful Bract, bracts (spathe). Spadix inflorescence is found in colocasia, Araceae, aroids, maize and Arecaceae, palms (palms have compound spadix). Plant sexuality, Monoecious aroids have unisexual male and female flowers on the same individual and the spadix is usually organized with female flowers towards the bottom and male flowers towards the top. Typically, the Stigma (botany), stigmas are no longer receptive when pollen is released which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
