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. 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.
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.
Species
- Scindapsus alpinus <small>Alderw.</small> - Sumatra
- Scindapsus altissimus <small>Alderw.</small> - Queensland, New Guinea, Solomon Islands
- Scindapsus beccarii <small>Engl.</small> - Sumatra, Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia
- Scindapsus carolinensis <small>Hosok.</small> - Chuuk Islands in Micronesia
- Scindapsus coriaceus <small>Engl.</small> - Borneo
- Scindapsus crassipes <small>Engl.</small> - Borneo
- Scindapsus curranii <small>Engl. & K.Krause</small> - Sabah, Philippines
- Scindapsus cuscuaria <small>(Aubl.) C.Presl</small> - Nicobar Islands, Philippines, Maluku, Java
- Scindapsus cuscuarioides <small>Engl. & K.Krause</small> - New Guinea
- Scindapsus falcifolius <small>Engl.</small> - Sulawesi
- Scindapsus geniculatus <small>Engl.</small> - Sarawak
- Scindapsus glaucescens <small>(Engl. & K.Krause) Alderw.</small> - Borneo
- Scindapsus grandifolius <small>Engl.</small> - described 1898 from material cultivated at botanical garden in Bogor; probably now extinct
- Scindapsus hederaceus <small>Miq.</small> - Indochina, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Philippines
- Scindapsus javanicus <small>Alderw.</small> - Java
- Scindapsus latifolius <small>M.Hotta</small> - Borneo
- Scindapsus longipes <small>Engl.</small> - Brunei, Sarawak
- Scindapsus longistipitatus <small>Merr.</small> - Borneo
- Scindapsus lucens <small>Bogner & P.C.Boyce</small> - Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia
- Scindapsus maclurei <small>(Merr.) Merr. & F.P.Metcalf</small> - Hainan, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand
- Scindapsus mamilliferus <small>Alderw.</small> - Borneo
- Scindapsus marantifolius <small>Miq.</small> - Java
- Scindapsus officinalis <small>(Roxb.) Schott</small> - India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Assam, Nepal, Andaman Islands, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam
- Scindapsus perakensis <small>Hook.f.</small> - Bangladesh, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Java, Sumatra
- Scindapsus pictus <small>Hassk.</small> - Bangladesh, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Sulawesi, Philippines
- Scindapsus roseus <small>Alderw.</small> - Sumatra
- Scindapsus rupestris <small>Ridl.</small> - Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra
- Scindapsus salomoniensis <small>Engl. & K.Krause</small> - Solomon Islands
- Scindapsus schlechteri <small>K.Krause</small> - Papua New Guinea
- Scindapsus scortechinii <small>Hook.f.</small> - Bangladesh, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia
- Scindapsus splendidus <small>Alderw.</small> - Sumatra
- Scindapsus subcordatus <small>Engl. & K.Krause</small> - Papua New Guinea
- Scindapsus suffruticosus <small>Alderw.</small> - Sumatra
- Scindapsus sumatranus <small>(Schott) P.C.Boyce & A.Hay</small> - Sumatra
- Scindapsus treubii <small>Engl.</small> - Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Java
Formerly classified
Scindapsus aureus - Now classified as Epipremnum aureum
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