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Synonymous genera:

1. Afrorhaphidophora Engl. (1906)
2. Raphidophora Hassk. (1842)
3. Raphidophora auctt. (1842)

family
Araceae
99 genera
species

0	Araceae indet.			[24]
1	Acorus	2	OW & N Am.	[83]	[0]
2	Aglaodorum	1	Borneo, Malay Penin., Sumatra	[3]	[0]
3	Aglaonema	20	Indomal.	[51]	[0]
4	Alocasia	70	Indomal. to Aus., cult.	[135]	[0]
5	Ambrosina	1	Medit.	[10]	[0]
6	Amorphophallus	90	OW tropics	[142]	[0]
7	Amydrium	5	SE As., Mal.	[8]	[0]
8	Anadendrum	9	Indomal.	[2]	[0]
9	Anaphyllum	2	S India	[3]	[0]
10	Anchomanes	10	trop. Afr.	[9]	[0]
11	Anthurium	600	trop. Am.	[387]	[0]
12	Anubias	7	C & trop. W Afr.	[22]	[0]
13	Aridarum	7	Borneo	[2]	[0]
14	Ariopsis	1	Indomal.	[3]	[0]
15	Arisaema	150	E Afr., trop. & E As., W N Am.	[211]	[0]
16	Arisarum	3	Med.	[32]	[0]
17	Arophyton	5	Madag.	[9]	[0]
18	Arum	15	Eur., Medit.	[147]	[0]
19	Asterostigma	6	Brazil	[12]	[0]
20	Biarum	15	Medit.	[80]	[0]
21	Bognera	1	Amazonian Brazil	[0]	[0]
22	Bucephalandra	1	Borneo	[9]	[0]
23	Caladium	7	trop. S Am.	[80]	[0]
24	Calla	1	Eur., N. Amer.	[51]	[0]
25	Callopsis	1	Kenya, Tanzania	[3]	[0]
26	Carlephyton	3	Madag.	[4]	[0]
27	Cercestis	10	trop. W Afr.	[12]	[0]
28	Chlorospatha	10	trop. Am.	[3]	[0]
29	Colletogyne	1	NW Madag.	[0]	[0]
30	Colocasia	6	trop. As., cult.	[76]	[0]
31	Cryptocoryne	50	India, Srilanka, to New Guinea	[52]	[0]
32	Culcasia	15	trop. Afr., esp. W & C	[25]	[0]
33	Cyrtosperma	11	Indomal., Oceania; Am. = new genus	[16]	[0]
34	Dieffenbachia	20	Mex., C Am., trop. S Am. to N Arg.	[95]	[0]
35	Dracontioides	1	SE & E Brazil	[2]	[0]
36	Dracontium	15	trop. Am.	[48]	[0]
37	Dracunculus	3	Medit., incl. Eur.	[64]	[0]
38	Eminium	7	E Medit. to C As.	[13]	[0]
39	Epipremnum	10	SE As. to W. Pacific	[26]	[0]
40	Filarum	1	amazonian Peru	[0]	[0]
41	Gearum	1	Brazil	[2]	[0]
42	Gonatopus	5	trop. & S Afr.	[5]	[0]
43	Gorgonidium	3	Peru, Bolivia, N Arg.	[1]	[0]
44	Gymnostachys	1	E Aus.	[6]	[0]
45	Hapaline	5	Indomal., SE As.	[10]	[0]
46	Heteroaridarum	1	Borneo	[0]	[0]
47	Heteropsis	13	trop. S Am.	[10]	[0]
48	Holochlamys	1	New Guinea	[3]	[0]
49	Homalomena	100	trop. As. & Am.	[75]	[0]
50	Hottarum	3	Borneo	[0]	[0]
51	Jasarum	1	Venez., Guyana	[0]	[0]
52	Lasia	3	Indomal.; 1 only know from Bogor botanic garden, Java	[11]	[0]
53	Lasiomorpha	1	Senegal to Angola	[5]	[0]
54	Lysichiton	2	Kamchatka, Sakhalin & Kuriles (1); W N Am. (1)	[6]	[0]
55	Mangonia	1	S Brazil, Uruguay,	[1]	[0]
56	Monstera	22	trop. Am.	[44]	[0]
57	Montrichardia	1	trop. S Am., WI	[16]	[0]
58	Nephthytis	8	Borneo (1); trop. Afr. (7)	[12]	[0]
59	Orontium	0	E N Am.	[16]	[0]
60	Peltandra	3	E N Am.	[12]	[0]
61	Philodendron	300	trop. Am.	[258]	[0]
62	Phymatarum	2	Borneo	[0]	[0]
63	Pinellia	6	China, Japan	[22]	[0]
64	Piptospatha	10	Borneo, Malay Penin.	[7]	[0]
65	Pistia	1	Pantropical.	[50]	[0]
66	Podolasia	1	W Mal.	[2]	[0]
67	Pothoidium	1	C Mal.	[3]	[0]
68	Pothos	50	OW tropics	[72]	[0]
69	Protarum	1	Seychelles	[2]	[0]
70	Pseudodracontium	7	SE As.	[5]	[0]
71	Pseudohydrosme	2	trop. W Afr.	[2]	[0]
72	Pycnospatha	2	Laos, Thailand, Vietnam	[2]	[0]
73	Remusatia	3	trop. Afr., Himal., Assam, SE As., Taiwan	[20]	[0]
74	Rhaphidophora	100	Indomal. to New Caled.	[68]	[0]
75	Rhodospatha	10	trop. Am.	[11]	[0]
76	Sauromatum	2	trop. OW	[0]	[0]
77	Scaphispatha	1	Bolivia, Brazil	[0]	[0]
78	Schismatoglottis	100	trop. As. (100); trop. Am. (3)	[49]	[0]
79	Scindapsus	31	SE As, Mal. (30); Brazil (1)	[25]	[0]
80	Spathantheum	2	N Arg., Bolivia, Peru	[2]	[0]
81	Spathicarpa	6	NE Brazil to N Argentina,Paraguay	[10]	[0]
82	Spathiphyllum	30	trop. Am., C Mal. to Solomons	[49]	[0]
83	Stenospermation	25	trop. Am.	[10]	[0]
84	Steudnera	8	Himal., Assam, SE As., Malay Penin.	[10]	[0]
85	Stylochaeton	10	trop. & subtrop. Afr., esp. Tanzania	[13]	[0]
86	Symplocarpus	1	NE As., NE N Am.	[27]	[0]
87	Synandrospadix	1	Andean N Arg. & Bolivia	[2]	[0]
88	Syngonium	30	Mex. to SE Brazil	[25]	[0]
89	Taccarum	4	N S Am.	[5]	[0]
90	Theriophonum	5	S India, Sri Lanka	[14]	[0]
91	Typhonium	30	SE As., Indomal., NE Aus.	[93]	[0]
92	Typhonodorum	1	Madag., Masc., Zanzibar, Mauritius	[11]	[0]
93	Ulearum	1	Upper Amazonia	[4]	[0]
94	Urospatha	5	trop. Am.	[11]	[0]
95	Xanthosoma	45	trop. Am., cult.	[50]	[0]
96	Zamioculcas	1	Tanzania	[5]	[0]
97	Zantedeschia	6	trop. & S Afr.	[83]	[0]
98	Zomicarpa	3	S Brazil	[10]	[0]
99	Zomicarpella	1	Colombia	[0]	[0]

There were 98 accepted species found [distribution filter: global; grouped by species]

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