''Scindapsus'' is a

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of flowering plants in the

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. It is native to

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, and a few western

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Scindapsus pictus ''Scindapsus pictus'', or silver vine, is a species of flowering plant in the arum family (biology), family Araceae, native plant, native to India, Bangladesh, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Sulawesi, and the Philippines. ...

'' is common in cultivation. ''Scindapsus'' is not easily distinguishable from ''

Epipremnum ''Epipremnum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae, found in tropical forests from China, the Himalayas, and Southeast Asia to Australia the western Pacific. They are evergreen perennial vines climbing with the aid of aerial r ...

''. The main difference between the two genera is in the number of seeds they produce. ''Scindapsus'' species have one

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in each

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whereas ''Epipremnum'' species have a few. The seeds of ''Scindapsus'' are rounded to slightly kidney-shaped. The plants are primarily root climbing vines.Flora of China Vol. 23 Page 15, 藤芋属 teng yu shu, ''Scindapsus'' Schott in Schott & Endlicher, Melet. Bot. 21. 1832.
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History of the name

Claudius Aelianus Claudius Aelianus ( grc, Κλαύδιος Αἰλιανός, Greek transliteration ''Kláudios Ailianós''; c. 175c. 235 AD), commonly Aelian (), born at Praeneste, was a Roman author and teacher of rhetoric who flourished under Septimius Severus ...

(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 LLUSTRATED Timber Press.

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 ''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 ea ...

'' 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 #''

'' 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 ''Epipremnum aureum'' is a species in the arum family Araceae, native to Mo'orea in the Society Islands of French Polynesia. The species is a popular houseplant in temperate regions but has also become naturalised in tropical and sub-tropical fore ...

References

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