Spathiphyllum

Plant Characteristics

Origin:	✈	?
Poisonous:	☠	mildly toxic when ingested

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	?"?" is not in the list (sun, part-sun, shade, unknown) of allowed values for the "Exposure" property.
Water:	◍	?"?" is not in the list (wet, moist, moderate, dry, less when dormant) of allowed values for the "Water" property.

Scientific Names

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Read about Spathiphyllum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Spathiphyllum (Greek word, referring to the leaf-like spathes). Araceae. Stemless or short-stemmed herbs, used as warmhouse foliage plants. Leaves large, oblong or lanceolate, acuminate or cuspidate, midrib strong: spathe lf .-like, membranaceous, oblong or lanceolate; spadix shorter than the spathe, sessile or stipitate, cylindrical, densely fld.: fls. hermaphrodite, all fertile; perianth-segms. 4, 6, or 8, connate or coherent in a truncate or lobed cup; stamens 4, 6, or 8; ovary oblong, 3-4-celled: berry globose or oblong-conical, 3-celled, cells 1-2-seeded.—About 27 species, mostly from Trop. Amer., one or two Malayan. Monographed by Engler and Krause in Engler's Pflanzenreich, hft. 37 (IV. 23B), 1908. Gardeners recommend as soil for their cult. a mixture of leaf-mold, peat, and fibrous loam, together with some sand and charcoal. S. Ghiesbreghtii, Hort., is offered in the trade, but is unknown botanically.—S. pictum, Hort. Lind. – Rhodospatha picta. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

Spathiphyllum cleans indoor air of many environmental contaminants, including benzene, formaldehyde, and other pollutants^wp. It cleans best at one plant per 10 m²^wp. It lives best in shade and needs little sunlight to thrive^wp.

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Species

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Spathiphyllum atrovirens Spathiphyllum bariense Spathiphyllum blandum Spathiphyllum brevirostre Spathiphyllum candicans Spathiphyllum candidum Spathiphyllum candolleanum Spathiphyllum cochlearispathum Spathiphyllum commutatum Spathiphyllum cuspidatum Spathiphyllum floribundum Spathiphyllum friedrichsthalii Spathiphyllum fulvovirens

Spathiphyllum gardneri Spathiphyllum glaziovii Spathiphyllum grandifolium Spathiphyllum huberi Spathiphyllum jejunum Spathiphyllum juninense Spathiphyllum kalbreyeri Spathiphyllum kochii Spathiphyllum lacustre Spathiphyllum laeve Spathiphyllum lechlerianum Spathiphyllum liesneri Spathiphyllum maguirei

Spathiphyllum mawarinumae Spathiphyllum monachinoi Spathiphyllum montanum Spathiphyllum neblinae Spathiphyllum patini Spathiphyllum perezii Spathiphyllum phryniifolium Spathiphyllum quindiuense Spathiphyllum silvicola Spathiphyllum sipapoanum Spathiphyllum solomonense Spathiphyllum wallisi Spathiphyllum wendlandii

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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