Philodendron Totally Explained

Philodendron Schott 1832, is a large genus of flowering plants from the arum family (Araceae), consisting of close to 1000 or more species according to TROPICOS (a service of the Missouri Botanical Garden). Taxonomically it's still poorly known with many undescribed species. Many are grown as ornamental and indoor plants. The name derives from the Greek philo or "love" and dendron or "tree".
Philodendron species can be found in diverse habitats in tropical America and the West Indies. Most occur in humid tropical forests, but also in swamps, on river banks, roadsides and rock outcrops. They are shrubs and small trees, most of which are capable of clambering over other plants, or climbing the trunks of other trees with the aid of aerial roots. Leaves are usually large and imposing, often lobed or deeply cut, and may be more or less pinnate. They are borne alternately on the stem. The flower spathe may be borne terminally on a stem, or in a leaf axil. They are often fragrant.
All parts of the plant are poisonous, due to the presence of calcium oxalate crystals.

Species

This large genus is subdivided into several sections and subsections :
Section Baursia, section Philopsammos, section Philodendron (subsections Achyropodium, Canniphyllium, Macrolonchium, Philodendron, Platypodium, Psoropodium and Solenosterigma), section Calostigma (subsections Bulaoana, Eucardium, Glossophyllum, Macrobelium and Oligocarpidium), section Tritomophyllum, section Schizophyllum, section Polytomium, section Macrogynium and section Camptogynium.

Philodendron acutatum Schott
Philodendron adamantinum Mart. ex Schott
Philodendron alliodorum Croat & Grayum
Philodendron auriculatum Standl. & L. O. Williams
Philodendron bipennifolium Schott
Philodendron bipinnatifidum Schott ex Endl. - Tree Philodendron
Philodendron black cardinal'"
Philodendron consanguineum Schott - Rascagarganta
Philodendron cordatum (Vell.) Kunth - Heartleaf Philodendron
Philodendron crassinervium Lindl.
Philodendron davidsonii Croat
Philodendron devansayeanum L. Linden
Philodendron domesticum G. S. Bunting
Philodendron ensifolium Croat & Grayum
Philodendron erubescens K. Koch & Augustin
Philodendron evansii
Philodendron eximium Schott
Philodendron fragrantissimum
Philodendron ferrugineum Croat
Philodendron giganteum Schott - Giant Philodendron
Philodendron glaucophyllum
Philodendron gloriosum André
Philodendron hederaceum (Jacq.) Schott - Vilevine
Philodendron hederaceum var. oxycardium (Schott) Croat
Philodendron herbaceum Croat & Grayum
Philodendron imbe Schott ex Endl. - Philodendron
Philodendron jacquinii Schott
Philodendron lacerum (Jacq.) Schott
Philodendron lingulatum (L.) K. Koch - Treelover
Philodendron mamei André
Philodendron marginatum Urban - Puerto Rico Philodendron
Philodendron martianum Engl.
Philodendron melanochrysum Linden & André
Philodendron microstictum Standl. & L. O. Williams
Philodendron mayoii Symon Mayo
Philodendron opacum Croat & Grayum
Philodendron ornatum Schott
Philodendron pedatum (Hook.) Kunth
Philodendron panduriforme
Philodendron pinnatifidum (Jacq.) Schott
Philodendron radiatum Schott
Philodendron recurvifolium Schott
Philodendron renauxii Reitz
Philodendron robustum Schott
Philodendron sagittifolium Liebm.
Philodendron santa leopoldina Liebm.
Philodendron scandens subsp. micans - Velvet Leaf Philodendron
Philodendron scandens subsp. oxycardium - Heart Leaf Philodendron
Philodendron sodiroi Hort. Cf. Gard. Chron. (1883) I. 510
Philodendron speciosum Schott
Philodendron sphalerum Schott
Philodendron squamiferum Poepp.
Philodendron standleyi Grayum
Philodendron tripartitum (Jacq.) Schott
Philodendron verrucosum L. Mathieu ex Schott
Philodendron warscewiczii K. Koch & C. D. Bouché
Philodendron wendlandii Schott
Philodendron winterbourn (renamed Philodendron xanadu)
Philodendron xanadu Croat, Mayo & J. Boos

Reference

The genus Philodendron

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