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Dieffenbachia seguine

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Internal ID UUID6440386a951c9368516315
Scientific name Dieffenbachia seguine
Authority Schott
First published in Melet. Bot. : 20 (1832)

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Arum crudele Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 261 (1796)
Arum regnium Rodsch. Esseq. 273 1871
Arum seguine Jacq. Enum. Syst. Pl. : 31 (1760)
Arum seguinum L. Sp. Pl. ed. 2 : 1371 (1763)
Seguinum maculatum Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 67 (1837)
Spathiphyllum pictum G.Nicholson Ill. Dict. Gard. 3: 467. 1887
Caladium maculatum G.Lodd. Bot. Cab. 7: t. 608 (1822)
Caladium seguine (Jacq.) Vent. Descr. Pl. Nouv. : t. 30 (1801)
Caladium seguine var. maculatum Sims Bot. Mag. 52: t. 2606 (1825)
Dieffenbachia picta var. barraquiniana Engl. Pflanzenr. , IV, 23Dc: 50 (1915)
Dieffenbachia picta f. brasiliensis (Veitch) Engl. Fl. Bras. 3(2): 176 (1878)
Dieffenbachia seguine f. barraquiniana (Verschaff. & Lem.) Engl. Fl. Bras. 3(2): 174 1878
Dieffenbachia seguine f. conspurcata (Schott) Engl. Fl. Bras. 3(2): 175 (1878)
Dieffenbachia seguine var. decora (Engl.) Engl. Pflanzenr. (Engler) [Heft 64], 4, Fam. 23Dc: 47. 1915
Dieffenbachia seguine f. lineata (K.Koch & C.D.Bouché) Engl. Fl. Bras. 3(2): 175 (1878)
Dieffenbachia seguine var. liturata (Schott) Engl. Pflanzenr. (Engler) [Heft 64], 4, Fam. 23Dc: 47. 1915
Dieffenbachia seguine var. minor Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 567 (1899)
Dieffenbachia seguine var. nobilis (Engl.) Engl. Pflanzenr. (Engler) [Heft 64], 4, Fam. 23Dc: 47. 1915
Dieffenbachia seguina f. ventenatiana (Schott) Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26(5): 568. 1899 [18 Apr 1899]
Dieffenbachia picta f. mirabilis Engl. in Mart. Fl. Bras. 3(2): 176 1878
Dieffenbachia seguine f. decora Engl. in Mart. Fl. Bras. 3(2): 175 1878
Dieffenbachia barraquiniana Verschaff. & Lem. Ill. Hort. 11: t. 387 (1864)
Dieffenbachia brasiliensis H.J.Veitch Cat. New Beautiful Pl. 1875: 12 (1875)
Dieffenbachia cognata Schott Syn. Aroid. : 130 (1856)
Dieffenbachia consobrina Schott Syn. Aroid. : 131 (1856)
Dieffenbachia conspurcata Schott J. Bot. 2: 52 (1864)
Dieffenbachia decora Hort.Versch. ex Engl. Monogr. Phan. 2: 446 (1879)
Dieffenbachia gigantea Verschaff. Ill. Hort. 13: tt. 470-471. 1866
Dieffenbachia gollmeriana Schott Oesterr. Bot. Z. 8: 387 (1858)
Dieffenbachia grandis hort. ex Engl. Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 2: 447. 1879 [Sep 1879]
Dieffenbachia illustris hort. Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 1172, in obs. 1895
Dieffenbachia irrorata Schott Prodr. Syst. Aroid. : 334 (1860)
Dieffenbachia jenmanii Veitch ex Regel Gartenflora 1884: 365 (1884)
Dieffenbachia lineata K.Koch & C.D.Bouché Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1853(App.): 14 (1853)
Dieffenbachia lingulata Schott Prodr. Syst. Aroid. : 334 (1860)
Dieffenbachia liturata Schott Oesterr. Bot. Wochenbl. 2: 68 (1852)
Dieffenbachia maculata Sweet Hort. Brit. , ed. 3: 632 (1839)
Dieffenbachia magnifica Linden & Rodigas Ill. Hort. 30: t. 482 (1883)
Dieffenbachia mirabilis Versch. ex Engl. Monogr. Phan. 2: 448 (1879)
Dieffenbachia neglecta Schott Bonplandia (Hannover) 7: 30 (1859)
Dieffenbachia nobilis Versch. ex Engl. Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 2: 446. 1879 [Sep 1879]
Dieffenbachia picta Schott Oesterr. Bot. Wochenbl. 2: 68 (1852)
Dieffenbachia picta var. angustior Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 569 (1899)
Dieffenbachia picta var. latior Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 569 (1899)
Dieffenbachia picturata L.Linden & Rodigas Ill. Hort. 39: 101 (1892)
Dieffenbachia plumieri Schott Oesterr. Bot. Wochenbl. 2: 69 (1852)
Dieffenbachia poeppigii Schott Syn. Aroid. : 130 (1856)
Dieffenbachia robusta K.Koch Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1853(App.): 15 (1853)
Dieffenbachia seguine f. irrorata (Mart. ex Schott) Engl. Fl. Bras. 3(2): 175 (1878)
Dieffenbachia seguine var. lineata (K.Koch & C.D.Bouché) Engl. Pflanzenr. (Engler) [Heft 64], 4, Fam. 23Dc: 48. 1915
Dieffenbachia seguine var. lingulata (Mart. ex Schott) Engl. Fl. Bras. 3(2): 175 (1878)
Dieffenbachia seguine f. liturata (Schott) Engl. Fl. Bras. 3(2): 175 (1878)
Dieffenbachia seguine f. nobilis Engl. Fl. Bras. 3(2): 174 (1878)
Dieffenbachia seguine var. robusta (K.Koch) Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 568 (1899)
Dieffenbachia seguine var. ventenatiana (Schott) Engl. Pflanzenr. (Engler) [Heft 64], 4, Fam. 23Dc: 48. 1915
Dieffenbachia seguine var. viridis (Engl.) Engl. Pflanzenr. (Engler) [Heft 64], 4, Fam. 23Dc: 45. 1915
Dieffenbachia seguine f. viridis Engl. Fl. Bras. 3(2): 174 (1878)
Dieffenbachia variegata hort. ex Engl. Monogr. Phan. 2: 446 (1879)
Dieffenbachia ventenatiana Schott Bonplandia (Hannover) 7: 30 (1859)
Dieffenbachia verschaffeltii hort. ex Engl. Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 2: 446. 1879 [Sep 1879]
Dieffenbachia wallisii Linden Cat. Pl. Exot. 22-23: 4 (1869)
Caladium seguinum Vent. Descr. Pl. Nouv. : t. 30 (1801)
Dieffenbachia membranulifera Regel Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1861: 37 (1861)
Dieffenbachia chelsonii W.Bull ex T.Moore & Mast. Gard. Chron. , n.s., 5: 603 (1876)
Dieffenbachia regina W.Bull ex T.Moore & Mast. Gard. Chron. , n.s., 5: 603 (1876)
Dieffenbachia picta subvar. picturata Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 570 (1899)
Dieffenbachia eburnea Van Geert Nursery Cat. (Auguste Van Geert) 66: 4 (1870)
Dieffenbachia seguine subvar. wallisii (Linden) Engl. Pflanzenr. , IV, 23Dc: 47 (1915)
Dieffenbachia seguine subvar. viridis (Engl.) Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 567 (1899)
Dieffenbachia seguine subvar. decora (Engl.) Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 568 (1899)
Dieffenbachia seguine f. barraquiniana (Verschaff. & Lem.) Engl. Fl. Bras. 3(2): 174 (1878)
Dieffenbachia picta subvar. mirabilis Engl. Pflanzenr. , IV, 23Dc: 51 (1915)
Dieffenbachia picta subvar. angustifolia Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 569 (1899)
Dieffenbachia picta subvar. gigantea (Verschaff. ex Regel) Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 569 (1899)
Dieffenbachia picta subvar. jenmannii (Veitch ex Regel) Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 569 (1899)
Dieffenbachia picta subvar. magnifica (Linden & Rodigas) Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 570 (1899)
Dieffenbachia picta subvar. memoria Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 570 (1899)
Dieffenbachia seguine subvar. nobilis (Engl.) Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 568 (1899)
Dieffenbachia seguine var. maculata (G.Lodd.) E.J.Lowe & W.Howard Beaut. Leaved Pl. : t. 14 (1860)
Dieffenbachia aureovariegata Anon. Gard. Chron. n.s., 24: 183 (1885)
Dieffenbachia nitida W.Bull Nursery Cat. (William Bull) 176: 17 (1881)
Dieffenbachia amabilis W.Bull Nursery Cat. (William Bull) 121: 7 (1876)
Dieffenbachia lanceola W.Bull Nursery Cat. (William Bull) 121: 7 (1876)
Dieffenbachia insignis W.Bull Nursery Cat. (William Bull) 176: 17 (1881)
Dieffenbachia marmorata B.S.Williams Nursery Cat. (B.S.Williams) 1877: 21 (1877)
Dieffenbachia vittata W.Bull Nursery Cat. (William Bull) 121: 7 (1876)
Dieffenbachia rex W.Bull Nursery Cat. (William Bull) 193: 13 (1883)
Dieffenbachia majestica W.Bull Nursery Cat. (William Bull) 176: 15 (1882)
Dieffenbachia velutina W.Bull Nursery Cat. (William Bull) 142: 4 (1877)
Dieffenbachia princeps W.Bull Nursery Cat. (William Bull) 176: 15 (1882)
Dieffenbachia carderi W.Bull Nursery Cat. (William Bull) 164: 4 (1880)
Dieffenbachia imperator B.S.Williams Nursery Cat. (B.S.Williams) 1881: 23, 34 (1881)
Dieffenbachia maculosa W.Bull Nursery Cat. (William Bull) 121: 7 (1876)
Dieffenbachia delecta W.Bull Nursery Cat. (William Bull) 164: 4 (1880)
Arum regnium Rodschied ex G.F.Mey. Esseq. 273 (1871)
Dieffenbachia picta var. typica Engl. Pflanzenr. , IV, 23Dc: 50 (1915)
Dieffenbachia amazonica Mottet Dict. Prat. Hort. 2: 208 (1893-1894)
Dieffenbachia gigantea Verschaff. ex Regel Gartenflora 14: 250 (1865)
Dieffenbachia grandis W.Bull ex J.Dix Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 4: 133 (1864)
Dieffenbachia illustris W.Bull Nursery Cat. (William Bull) 121: 7 (1876)
Dieffenbachia nobilis Verschaff. ex Regel Gartenflora 14: 251 (1865)
Dieffenbachia verschaffeltii H.Low Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 3: 280 (1863)
Spathiphyllum pictum W.Bull Gard. Chron. n.s., 2: 160 (1874)
Dieffenbachia seguine subvar. irrorata (Schott) Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 569 (1899)
Dieffenbachia seguine subvar. lineata (K.Koch & C.D.Bouché) Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 569 (1899)
Dieffenbachia seguine subvar. lingulata (Schott) Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 568 (1899)
Dieffenbachia seguine subvar. liturata (Schott) Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 568 (1899)
Dieffenbachia amoena W.Bull Nursery Cat. (William Bull) 164: 3 (1880)
Dieffenbachia triumphans W.Bull Nursery Cat. (William Bull) 176: 17 (1881)

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Language Common/alternative name
English dumbcane
Arabic دفنباخيا
Arabic دفنباخية غامضة
Bulgarian петниста дифенбахия
Czech dieffenbachie pestrá
German dieffenbachie
German schweigrohr
Finnish täpläkirjovehka
Macedonian Дифенбахија
Portuguese comigo ninguém pode
Portuguese comigo-ninguém-pode
Portuguese comigo ninguem pode
Russian Диффенбахия пятнистая
Slovak difenbachia strakatá
Swedish prickblad
Thai ว่านอ้ายใบ้
Chinese 花叶万年青
Chinese 白玉黛粉葉
Chinese 彩叶万年青
Chinese 黛粉芋
Chinese 黛粉葉
Chinese 黛粉叶
Chinese 象牙黛粉叶
Chinese 花叶黛粉叶
Chinese 斑叶黛粉叶
Chinese 彩叶黛粉芋
Chinese 彩叶黛粉叶
Chinese 花葉萬年青

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  • Africa
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Gulf Of Guinea Islands
    • Western Indian Ocean
      • Comoros
      • Seychelles
  • Asia-tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • Bangladesh
    • Malesia
      • Borneo
      • Malaya
  • Pacific
    • Northwestern Pacific
      • Caroline Islands
    • South-central Pacific
      • Cook Islands
      • Society Islands
    • Southwestern Pacific
      • Vanuatu
  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North
      • Brazil Northeast
      • Brazil Southeast
      • Brazil West-central
    • Caribbean
      • Cayman Islands
      • Cuba
      • Dominican Republic
      • Haiti
      • Jamaica
      • Leeward Islands
      • Puerto Rico
      • Trinidad-Tobago
      • Venezuelan Antilles
      • Windward Islands
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana
      • Guyana
      • Suriname
      • Venezuela
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000943374
UNII 01800C6E6B
Florida Plant Atlas 4224
USDA Plants DISE7
Tropicos 2106342
Tropicos 2107120
INPN 447726
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:86911-1
The Plant List kew-61779
Missouri Botanical Garden 276553
Open Tree Of Life 362055
NCBI Taxonomy 42196
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0200002006
IPNI 86911-1
iNaturalist 206266
GBIF 2869345
Freebase /m/04_1kjb
EPPO DIFSE
EOL 1100965
USDA GRIN 13948
Wikipedia Dieffenbachia_seguine

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Phytoremediation Performance with Ornamental Plants in Monocultures and Polycultures Conditions Using Constructed Wetlands Technology Marín-Muñiz JL, Zitácuaro-Contreras I, Ortega-Pineda G, López-Roldán A, Vidal-Álvarez M, Martínez-Aguilar KE, Álvarez-Hernández LM, Zamora-Castro S Plants (Basel) 08-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11013643
doi:10.3390/plants13071051
PMID:38611579
The influence of exotic and native plants on illnesses with physical and spiritual causes in the semiarid region of Piauí, Northeast of Brazil da Silva PH, Ferreira Júnior WS, Zank S, do Nascimento AL, de Abreu MC J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 26-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10895823
doi:10.1186/s13002-024-00667-y
PMID:38409039
Structure of cellulose in birch phloem fibres in tension wood: an X-ray nanodiffraction study Viljanen M, Muranen S, Kinnunen O, Kalbfleisch S, Svedström K Plant Methods 17-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10276511
doi:10.1186/s13007-023-01036-8
PMID:37328911
Toxicity of House Plants to Pet Animals Siroka Z Toxins (Basel) 19-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10220692
doi:10.3390/toxins15050346
PMID:37235380
Do carbon stocks and floristic diversity of tropical homegardens vary along an elevational gradient and based on holding size in central Kerala, India? Kumar BM Agrofor Syst 07-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10081327
doi:10.1007/s10457-023-00821-7
PMID:37193256
A systematic review on mitigation of common indoor air pollutants using plant-based methods: a phytoremediation approach Kumar R, Verma V, Thakur M, Singh G, Bhargava B Air Qual Atmos Health 11-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10005924
doi:10.1007/s11869-023-01326-z
PMID:37359395
Epidemiology and Control of Plant Diseases Vitale A Plants (Basel) 10-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9962675
doi:10.3390/plants12040793
PMID:36840141
Plants causing poisoning outbreaks of livestock in South America: A review Riet-Correa F, Machado M, Micheloud JF Toxicon X 21-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9898795
doi:10.1016/j.toxcx.2023.100150
PMID:36747993
Structures of the xyloglucans in the monocotyledon family Araceae (aroids) Hsiung SY, Li J, Imre B, Kao MR, Liao HC, Wang D, Chen CH, Liang PH, Harris PJ, Hsieh YS Planta 17-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9845173
doi:10.1007/s00425-023-04071-w
PMID:36650257
New Insight into Ornamental Applications of Cannabis: Perspectives and Challenges Hesami M, Pepe M, Baiton A, Salami SA, Jones AM Plants (Basel) 13-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9505140
doi:10.3390/plants11182383
PMID:36145783
Occurrence of Raoiella indica Hirst (Acari, Tenuipalpidae) in the Southeast region of the state of Pará, Brazil da Cruz WP, Souza MC, Lacerda JD, Souza ÁI, Silva PA, dos Santos EC J Plant Dis Prot (2006) 10-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9364286
doi:10.1007/s41348-022-00659-8
PMID:35965942
Identification and Pathogenicity of Paramyrothecium Species Associated with Leaf Spot Disease in Northern Thailand Withee P, Haituk S, Senwanna C, Karunarathna A, Tamakaew N, Pakdeeniti P, Suwannarach N, Kumla J, Suttiprapan P, Taylor PW, Samarakoon MC, Cheewangkoon R Plants (Basel) 29-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9182731
doi:10.3390/plants11111445
PMID:35684217
Dieffenbachia-Induced Transient Crystalline Keratopathy: A Case Report and Review of Previously Reported Cases Chong SH, CH'NG TW, Mustapha M Cureus 12-Jan-2022
PMCID:PMC8831483
doi:10.7759/cureus.21146
PMID:35165597
Genome-informed loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay for specific detection of Pectobacterium parmentieri in infected potato tissues and soil Domingo R, Perez C, Klair D, Vu H, Candelario-Tochiki A, Wang X, Camson A, Uy JN, Salameh M, Arizala D, Dobhal S, Boluk G, Bingham JP, Ochoa-Corona F, Ali ME, Stack JP, Fletcher J, Odani J, Jenkins D, Alvarez AM, Arif M Sci Rep 09-Nov-2021
PMCID:PMC8578433
doi:10.1038/s41598-021-01196-4
PMID:34753982
The Potential of Traditional Knowledge to Develop Effective Medicines for the Treatment of Leishmaniasis Passero LF, Brunelli ED, Sauini T, Amorim Pavani TF, Jesus JA, Rodrigues E Front Pharmacol 08-Jun-2021
PMCID:PMC8248671
doi:10.3389/fphar.2021.690432
PMID:34220515

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