Syngonium podophyllum Schott
Arrowhead plant, arrowhead vine, arrowhead philodendron, goosefoot, nephthytis, African evergreen, American evergreen
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| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Liliopsida | Monocots (plants with a single seed leaf); includes the lily family |
| Subclass | Alismatidae | Aquatic and marshy plants |
| Order | Alismatales | Herbaceous flowering plants found in marshy habitats |
| Family | Araceae | Arum family, with plants whose flower is enclosed in a spathe |
| Genus | Syngonium | From Greek syn, ”together,“ and goné, ”womb,“ a reference to the conjoined unilocular ovaries |
| Species | podophyllum | From Greek pous or podos, ”foot,“ and phyllon, ”leaf,“ and references the shape of the leaves in this species |
Syngonium podophyllum description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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