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Dieffenbachia
Dieffenbachia /ˌdiːfɪnˈbækiə/ is a genus of tropical flowering plants in the family Araceae. It is native to the New World Tropics from Mexico and the West Indies south to Argentina. Some species are widely cultivated as ornamental plants, especially as houseplants, and have become naturalized on a few tropical islands.
58 branches of this genus, most-observed first
tuftroot
speciesDieffenbachia seguine
Dieffenbachia oerstedii
speciesDieffenbachia oerstedii
Dieffenbachia longispatha
speciesDieffenbachia longispatha
Dieffenbachia wendlandii
speciesDieffenbachia wendlandii
Dieffenbachia nitidipetiolata
speciesDieffenbachia nitidipetiolata
Dieffenbachia elegans
speciesDieffenbachia elegans
Dieffenbachia parlatorei
speciesDieffenbachia parlatorei
Dieffenbachia humilis
speciesDieffenbachia humilis
Dieffenbachia paludicola
speciesDieffenbachia paludicola
Dieffenbachia concinna
speciesDieffenbachia concinna
Dieffenbachia parvifolia
speciesDieffenbachia parvifolia
Dieffenbachia tonduzii
speciesDieffenbachia tonduzii
Dieffenbachia aglaonematifolia
speciesDieffenbachia aglaonematifolia
Dieffenbachia grayumiana
speciesDieffenbachia grayumiana
Dieffenbachia aurantiaca
speciesDieffenbachia aurantiaca
Dieffenbachia obscurinervia
speciesDieffenbachia obscurinervia
Dieffenbachia daguensis
speciesDieffenbachia daguensis
Dieffenbachia leopoldii
speciesDieffenbachia leopoldii
Dieffenbachia davidsei
speciesDieffenbachia davidsei
Dieffenbachia costata
speciesDieffenbachia costata
Dieffenbachia cannifolia
speciesDieffenbachia cannifolia
Dieffenbachia bowmanni
speciesDieffenbachia bowmanni
Dieffenbachia burgeri
speciesDieffenbachia burgeri
Dieffenbachia killipii
speciesDieffenbachia killipii
Dieffenbachia pittieri
speciesDieffenbachia pittieri
Dieffenbachia horichii
speciesDieffenbachia horichii
Dieffenbachia williamsii
speciesDieffenbachia williamsii
Dieffenbachia galdamesiae
speciesDieffenbachia galdamesiae
Dieffenbachia meleagris
speciesDieffenbachia meleagris
Dieffenbachia olbia
speciesDieffenbachia olbia
Dieffenbachia panamensis
speciesDieffenbachia panamensis
Dieffenbachia rodriguezii
speciesDieffenbachia rodriguezii
Dieffenbachia weberbaueri
speciesDieffenbachia weberbaueri
Dieffenbachia wurdackii
speciesDieffenbachia wurdackii
Dieffenbachia antioquensis
speciesDieffenbachia antioquensis
Dieffenbachia brittonii
speciesDieffenbachia brittonii
Dieffenbachia enderi
speciesDieffenbachia enderi
Dieffenbachia lancifolia
speciesDieffenbachia lancifolia
Dieffenbachia shuttleworthii
speciesDieffenbachia shuttleworthii
Dieffenbachia weirii
speciesDieffenbachia weirii
Dieffenbachia beachiana
speciesDieffenbachia beachiana
Dieffenbachia copensis
speciesDieffenbachia copensis
Dieffenbachia cordata
speciesDieffenbachia cordata
Dieffenbachia crebripistillata
speciesDieffenbachia crebripistillata
Dieffenbachia fosteri
speciesDieffenbachia fosteri
Dieffenbachia gracilis
speciesDieffenbachia gracilis
Dieffenbachia hammelii
speciesDieffenbachia hammelii
Dieffenbachia imperialis
speciesDieffenbachia imperialis
Dieffenbachia isthmia
speciesDieffenbachia isthmia
Dieffenbachia lutheri
speciesDieffenbachia lutheri
Dieffenbachia obliqua
speciesDieffenbachia obliqua
Dieffenbachia fortunensis
speciesDieffenbachia fortunensis
Dieffenbachia standleyi
speciesDieffenbachia standleyi
Dieffenbachia macrophylla
speciesDieffenbachia macrophylla
Dieffenbachia fournieri
speciesDieffenbachia fournieri
Dieffenbachia herthae
speciesDieffenbachia herthae
Dieffenbachia bowmannii
speciesDieffenbachia bowmannii
Dieffenbachia duidae
speciesDieffenbachia duidae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 147272.