Spathiphyllum wallisii

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Alismatales

Familia: Araceae
Subfamilia: Monsteroideae
Genus: Spathiphyllum
Species: Spathiphyllum wallisii
Name

Spathiphyllum wallisii Regel
Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
Colombia; Cook Is.; Cuba; Dominican Republic; Honduras; Puerto Rico; Venezuela; Venezuelan Antilles
Continental: Northern America
Mexico Southwest

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References

Regel, E.A. von, 1877. Gartenflora. Monatschrift für deutsche und schweizerische Garten und Blumenkunde Herausgegeben von E. Regel. Erlangen 26:323.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Spathiphyllum wallisii in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 14. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Spathiphyllum wallisii. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 14 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Spathiphyllum wallisii in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 14.
Tropicos.org 2018. Spathiphyllum wallisii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 14.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Spathiphyllum wallisii in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

Spathiphyllum wallisii, commonly known as peace lily, white sails, or spathe flower is a very popular indoor house plant of the family Araceae. The genus name means "spathe-leaf", and the specific epithet is named after Gustav Wallis, the German plant collector.
Description

It is a herbaceous perennial which produces flowers in the typical aroid structure: a densely crowded inflorescence called a spadix is subtended by one large bract called a spathe (occasionally two spathes are produced, with the upper spathe smaller). The spadix is generally cream or ivory when young, and turns green with age; the spathe is generally white or white with green nerves distally from the margin, turning green with age. Leaves are basal, glossy and somewhat deeply veined, ovate and acuminate. The petioles are long and the leaves arch gracefully. The plant produces offsets at the base and in time becomes a dense clump.

Spathiphyllum wallisii is one of approximately 40 species in a genus of tropical evergreens. It was discovered in the late 19th century growing wild in Colombia. A number of cultivars, many of hybrid origin, are commercially available, such as the larger hybrids "Mauna Loa", named after the Hawaiian volcano, and the even larger “Sensation", which are both popular indoor plants. "Domino" is a finely variegated variety of intermediate size.
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