Philodendron hastatum

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| image = Philodendron hastatum kz1.jpg

| image_caption = Philodendron hastatum in the Lincoln Park Conservatory

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author= Brummitt, N. |date=2013 |title= Philodendron hastatum |volume=2013 |page= e.T44392978A44397411 |doi= 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T44392978A44397411.en |access-date=April 28, 2025}}

| genus = Philodendron

| species = hastatum

| authority = K.Koch & Sello

| synonyms = {{species list |Philodendron disparile|Schott

|Philodendron elongatum|Engl.

|Philodendron hastifolium|Regel

|Philodendron simsii|K.Koch}}

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}}

Philodendron hastatum is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae.{{cite web |url= https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:87792-1 |title= Philodendron hastatum K.Koch & Sello |author= |date=n.d. |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=April 28, 2025}}{{cite web |url= https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/4G84M |title= Philodendron hastatum K.Koch & Sello |author= |date=n.d. |website=Catalogue of Life |publisher=Species 2000 |access-date=April 16, 2025}}{{citation |url=https://wcsp.science.kew.org/namedetail.do?name_id=151640 |title=Philodendron hastatum K.Koch & Sello, Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1854(App.): 7 (1855). |work=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families}} The species has previously been known by synonyms such as Philodendron domesticum or other names,{{citation|author=Deni Bown|title=Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family|year=2000|publisher=Timber Press|isbn=978-0-88192-485-5|pages=219, 329}}{{citation|author=Monroe Roberts Birdsey|title=The cultivated aroids|year=1951|publisher=Gillick Press|pages=82–83}} a confusion made worse by the large degree of morphological variation in this and similar Philodendrons.{{Cite journal|last=Sakuragui|first=Cássia M.|last2=Mayo|first2=Simon J.|last3=Sakuragui|first3=Cássia M.|last4=Mayo|first4=Simon J.|title=Nomenclature and Taxonomy of Philodendron Hastatum K. Koch & Sello|date=February 2005|journal=Rodriguésia|language=en|volume=56|issue=88|pages=31–34|doi=10.1590/2175-78602005568803|issn=2175-7860|doi-access=free}} Commonly known as the silver sword philodendron,{{Cite web|title=Philodendron hastatum syn. Philodendron 'Silver Sword'|url=https://www.gardentags.com/plant-encyclopedia/philodendron-hastatum-syn-philodendron-silver-sword/29010|access-date=2024-09-10|website=GardenTags|language=en-us}} the plant is known for its silvery coloration, especially in juvenile leaves.{{Cite web|url=https://www.exoticrainforest.com/Philodendron%20hastatum%20pc.html|title=Philodendron hastatum K. Koch & Sello, Engler, Philodendron hastatum, this plant is not Philodendron domesticum G.S. Bunting, Philodendron glaucophyllum, Exotic Rainforest rare tropical plants|website=www.exoticrainforest.com|access-date=2019-10-19}}

==References==

hastatum

Category:Plants described in 1855

Category:Taxa named by Karl Koch