Scindapsus
{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
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|synonyms = Cuscuaria Schott
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Scindapsus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. It is native to Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Queensland, and a few western Pacific islands.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=188509 Kew World Checklist of Selected plant Families]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.Mansor, M., Boyce, P.C., Othman, A.S. & Sulaiman, B. (2012). The Araceae of peninsular Malaysia: 1-146. Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia. The species Scindapsus pictus is common in cultivation.
Scindapsus is not easily distinguishable from Epipremnum. The main difference between the two genera is in the number of seeds they produce. Scindapsus species have one ovule in each ovary whereas Epipremnum species have a few. The seeds of Scindapsus are rounded to slightly kidney-shaped. The plants are primarily root climbing vines.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=129739 Flora of China Vol. 23 Page 15, 藤芋属 teng yu shu, Scindapsus Schott in Schott & Endlicher, Melet. Bot. 21. 1832. ]
History of the name
Claudius Aelianus (Aelian, 2-3 cc., De Natura Animalium XII.44-46, XVII.18), uses the word in relation to an Indian musical instrument used for taming the wild elephants.Bown, Deni (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family [ILLUSTRATED]. Timber Press. {{ISBN|0-88192-485-7}}
Species
- Scindapsus alpinus Alderw. - Sumatra
- Scindapsus altissimus Alderw. - Queensland, New Guinea, Solomon Islands
- Scindapsus beccarii Engl. - Sumatra, Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia
- Scindapsus carolinensis Hosok. - Chuuk Islands in Micronesia
- Scindapsus coriaceus Engl. - Borneo
- Scindapsus crassipes Engl. - Borneo
- Scindapsus curranii Engl. & K.Krause - Sabah, Philippines
- Scindapsus cuscuaria (Aubl.) C.Presl - Nicobar Islands, Philippines, Maluku, Java
- Scindapsus cuscuarioides Engl. & K.Krause - New Guinea
- Scindapsus falcifolius Engl. - Sulawesi
- Scindapsus geniculatus Engl. - Sarawak
- Scindapsus glaucescens (Engl. & K.Krause) Alderw. - Borneo
- Scindapsus grandifolius Engl. - described 1898 from material cultivated at botanical garden in Bogor; probably now extinct
- Scindapsus hederaceus Miq. - Indochina, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Philippines
- Scindapsus javanicus Alderw. - Java
- Scindapsus latifolius M.Hotta - Borneo
- Scindapsus longipes Engl. - Brunei, Sarawak
- Scindapsus longistipitatus Merr. - Borneo
- Scindapsus lucens Bogner & P.C.Boyce - Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia
- Scindapsus maclurei (Merr.) Merr. & F.P.Metcalf - Hainan, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand
- Scindapsus mamilliferus Alderw. - Borneo
- Scindapsus marantifolius Miq. - Java
- Scindapsus officinalis (Roxb.) Schott - India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Assam, Nepal, Andaman Islands, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam
- Scindapsus perakensis Hook.f. - Bangladesh, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Java, Sumatra
- Scindapsus pictus Hassk. - Bangladesh, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Sulawesi, Philippines
- Scindapsus roseus Alderw. - Sumatra
- Scindapsus rupestris Ridl. - Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra
- Scindapsus salomoniensis Engl. & K.Krause - Solomon Islands
- Scindapsus schlechteri K.Krause - Papua New Guinea
- Scindapsus scortechinii Hook.f. - Bangladesh, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia
- Scindapsus splendidus Alderw. - Sumatra
- Scindapsus subcordatus Engl. & K.Krause - Papua New Guinea
- Scindapsus suffruticosus Alderw. - Sumatra
- Scindapsus sumatranus (Schott) P.C.Boyce & A.Hay - Sumatra
- Scindapsus treubii Engl. - Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Java
= Formerly classified =
Scindapsus aureus - Now classified as Epipremnum aureum