- Family: Araceae Juss.
- Genus: Aglaonema Schott
Aglaonema simplex (Blume) Blume
- Genus: Aglaonema Schott
This species is accepted, and its native range is Bangladesh to China (SW. Yunnan) and Malesia.
[CATE]
CATE Araceae, 17 Dec 2011. araceae.e-monocot.org
- Phenology
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Apr–Jun, fr. Sep–Oct.
- Habitat
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Dense valley forests.
- General Description
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Plants perennial, erect. Stems dark green, cylindric, 40–80cm tall, 1–2cm in diam., rooting at nodes; internodes 2–3cm, at distal part 5–10mm; cataphylls early caducous, broadly linear, 4–7cm, apex abruptly acute. Leaves usually 5 or 6, densely crowded at stem apex; petiole green, 6–15cm, proximally sheathing; leaf blade initially involute, afterward spreading, pale green abaxially, dark green adaxially, ovate-oblong, 10–25 × 5.5–11cm, thinly leathery, base truncate-rounded, subcordate, or decurrent, apex caudate-acuminate or abruptly long acuminate; primary lateral veins 6–8 per side, ascending and arching. Peduncle green, 2–6cm. Spathe initially involute-tubular, afterward opening by a slit, cymbiform, ovoid, 3–4.5 × ca. 1.3cm. Spadix 2.5–4.5cm, slightly longer than or equaling spathe; female zone ca. 5mm; ovary globose; ovule basal; stigma sessile, circular; male zone 2–3 cm; stamens 4; anthers 2-celled. Berry oblong, 12–18 × 7–10 mm. Seed oblong, 11–15 mm.
- Vernacular
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yue nan wan nian qing
Native to:
Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
- Aglaonema alpinum Elmer
- Aglaonema angustifolium N.E.Br.
- Aglaonema borneense Engl.
- Aglaonema brevivaginatum Alderw.
- Aglaonema elongatum Alderw.
- Aglaonema emarginatum Alderw.
- Aglaonema fallax Schott ex Engl.
- Aglaonema grande Alderw.
- Aglaonema latius Alderw.
- Aglaonema longicuspidatum Schott
- Aglaonema malaccense Schott
- Aglaonema nicobaricum var. luteum Sasikala
- Aglaonema nieuwenhuisii Engl. ex Alderw.
- Aglaonema pierreanum Engl.
- Aglaonema propinquum Schott
- Aglaonema schottianum Miq.
- Aglaonema siamense Engl.
- Aglaonema simplex f. angustifolium (N.E.Br.) Jervis
- Aglaonema simplex f. nieuwenhuisii (Engl. ex Alderw.) Jervis
- Aglaonema subarborescens Alderw.
- Aglaonema subfalcatum Engl.
- Aglaonema tenuipes Engl.
- Caladium simplex Blume
- Scindapsus tonkinensis K.Krause
Aglaonema simplex (Blume) Blume appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
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Jun 1, 2000 | Horsefield [s.n.], Indonesia | K000291613 | holotype | |
Jun 1, 2000 | Horsefield [s.n.], Indonesia | K000291614 | Unknown type material | |
Jun 1, 2000 | Lugduno-Batavo [s.n.], Indonesia | K000291615 | syntype | |
Oct 10, 1963 | Ridley [9508], Malaysia | K000291546 | lectotype | |
Oct 7, 1963 | Scortechini [s.n.] | K000291547 | Unknown type material | |
Aug 1, 1963 | Griffith [5985], Malaysia | K000291605 | lectotype | |
Aug 1, 1963 | Griffith, W. [5984], Peninsular Malaysia | K000291549 | syntype | |
Jul 13, 1962 | Curtis [s.n.] | K000291548 | Unknown type material | |
Jul 13, 1962 | Griffith, W. [5984], Peninsular Malaysia | K000291550 | Unknown type material | |
Jul 13, 1962 | Griffith, W. [5984], Peninsular Malaysia | K000291551 | Unknown type material | |
Jul 12, 1962 | Kerr, A.F.G. [1160], Thailand | K000291609 | syntype | |
Jul 12, 1962 | Motley, J. [876] | K000291616 | holotype | |
Jul 11, 1962 | Griffith [5981], Burma | K000291612 | holotype | |
Jul 11, 1962 | King's collector [537], Nicobar Is. | K000881731 | lectotype | |
Jul 11, 1962 | Kurz, W.S. [s.n.], Andaman Is. | K000881730 | syntype | |
18907.000 | ||||
Malaysia | 22426.000 | |||
Malaysia | 37985.000 | |||
Anderson, J.A. [4218/65] | 27516.000 |
First published in Rumphia 1: 152 (1837)
Accepted by
- Sasikala, K., Vajravelu, E. & Daniel, P. (2019). Fascicles of Flora of India 29: 1-357. Botanical Survey of India, New Delhi.
- Mostaph, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
- Boyce, P.C., Sookchaloem, D., Hetterscheid, W.L.A., Gusman, G., Jacobsen, N., Idei, T. & Nguyen, V.D. (2012). Flora of Thailand 11(2): 101-325. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
- Mansor, M., Boyce, P.C., Othman, A.S. & Sulaiman, B. (2012). The Araceae of peninsular Malaysia: 1-146. Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia.
- Kurniawan, A., Adjie, B. & Boyce, P.C. (2011). Studies on the Araceae of Sulawesi I: New taxa of Schismatoglottis and Homalomena, and a preliminary checklist and keys for Sulawesi Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica 61: 40-50.
- Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
- 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.
- Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Mostaph, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
CATE Araceae
Haigh, A., Clark, B., Reynolds, L., Mayo, S.J., Croat, T.B., Lay, L., Boyce, P.C., Mora, M., Bogner, J., Sellaro, M., Wong, S.Y., Kostelac, C., Grayum, M.H., Keating, R.C., Ruckert, G., Naylor, M.F. and Hay, A., CATE Araceae, 17 Dec 2011.
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