''Scindapsus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family (biology), family Araceae. It is native to Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Queensland, and a few western Pacific islands.Kew World Checklist of Selected plant Families
/ref> The species ''Scindapsus pictus'' is common in cultivation. ''Scindapsus'' is not easily distinguishable from ''Epipremnum''. The main difference between the two genera is in the number of seeds they produce. ''Scindapsus'' species have one ovule in each ovary (plant), ovary whereas ''Epipremnum'' species have a few. The seeds of ''Scindapsus'' are rounded to slightly kidney-shaped. The plants are primarily root climbing vines.Flora of China Vol. 23 Page 15, 藤芋属 teng yu shu, ''Scindapsus'' Schott in Schott & Endlicher, Melet. Bot. 21. 1832.
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History of the name

Claudius Aelianus (Aelian, 2-3 cc., ''De Natura Animalium'' XII.44-46, XVII.18), uses the word in relation to an Indian musical instrument used for taming the wild elephants.Bown, Deni (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family [ILLUSTRATED]. Timber Press.

Species

* ''Scindapsus alpinus'' Alderw. - Sumatra * ''Scindapsus altissimus'' Alderw. - Queensland, New Guinea, Solomon Islands * ''Scindapsus beccarii'' Engl. - Sumatra, Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia * ''Scindapsus carolinensis'' Hosok. - Chuuk Islands in Micronesia * ''Scindapsus coriaceus'' Engl. - Borneo * ''Scindapsus crassipes'' Engl. - Borneo * ''Scindapsus curranii'' Engl. & K.Krause - Sabah, Philippines * ''Scindapsus cuscuaria'' (Aubl.) C.Presl - Nicobar Islands, Philippines, Maluku, Java * ''Scindapsus cuscuarioides'' Engl. & K.Krause - New Guinea * ''Scindapsus falcifolius'' Engl. - Sulawesi * ''Scindapsus geniculatus'' Engl. - Sarawak * ''Scindapsus glaucescens'' (Engl. & K.Krause) Alderw. - Borneo * ''Scindapsus grandifolius'' Engl. - described 1898 from material cultivated at botanical garden in Bogor; probably now extinct * ''Scindapsus hederaceus'' Miq. - Indochina, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Philippines * ''Scindapsus javanicus'' Alderw. - Java * ''Scindapsus latifolius'' M.Hotta - Borneo * ''Scindapsus longipes'' Engl. - Brunei, Sarawak * ''Scindapsus longistipitatus'' Merr. - Borneo * ''Scindapsus lucens'' Bogner & P.C.Boyce - Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia * ''Scindapsus maclurei'' (Merr.) Merr. & F.P.Metcalf - Hainan, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand * ''Scindapsus mamilliferus'' Alderw. - Borneo * ''Scindapsus marantifolius'' Miq. - Java * ''Scindapsus officinalis'' (Roxb.) Schott - India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Assam, Nepal, Andaman Islands, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam * ''Scindapsus perakensis'' Hook.f. - Bangladesh, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Java, Sumatra * ''Scindapsus pictus'' Hassk. - Bangladesh, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Sulawesi, Philippines * ''Scindapsus roseus'' Alderw. - Sumatra * ''Scindapsus rupestris'' Ridl. - Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra * ''Scindapsus salomoniensis'' Engl. & K.Krause - Solomon Islands * ''Scindapsus schlechteri'' K.Krause - Papua New Guinea * ''Scindapsus scortechinii'' Hook.f. - Bangladesh, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia * ''Scindapsus splendidus'' Alderw. - Sumatra * ''Scindapsus subcordatus'' Engl. & K.Krause - Papua New Guinea * ''Scindapsus suffruticosus'' Alderw. - Sumatra * ''Scindapsus sumatranus'' (Schott) P.C.Boyce & A.Hay - Sumatra * ''Scindapsus treubii'' Engl. - Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Java

Formerly classified

''Scindapsus aureus'' - Now classified as ''Epipremnum aureum''

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q2624761 Scindapsus, Araceae genera