Spathiphyllum floribundum

Taxobox
name = "Spathiphyllum floribundum"

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image_width = 240px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Alismatales
familia = Araceae
genus = "Spathiphyllum"
species = "S. floribundum"
binomial = "Spathiphyllum floribundum"
binomial_authority = (Linden & André) N.E.Br.

"Spathiphyllum floribundum" (Snowflower) is a flowering plant in the family Araceae, native to northwestern South America from Panama east to Venezuela and south to Peru.

It is a herbaceous perennial plant. The leaves are oval to lanceolate, 12-20 cm long and 5-9 cm broad. The flowers are produced in a spadix, surrounded by a 10-20 cm long, greenish- or yellowish-white spathe.

References

* [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?417570 Germplasm Resources Information Network: "Spathiphyllum floribundum"]
* [http://www.vetpharm.unizh.ch/giftdb/pflanzen/0123_tox.htm Clinitox: toxicity details] (in German)