Family · Monocots
Araceae
Aroids — philodendron, monstera, arum
A fleshy spadix wrapped by a spathe; includes duckweeds, the world's smallest flowering plants.
- Accepted species
- 4,890accepted names · Kew WCVP
- Genera
- 151accepted genera · Kew WCVP
- Origin
- ≈122 MaCretaceous · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
- Centre of diversity
- Southern Americamost native species · WGSRPD
Open Araceae in the treePan, zoom and dig into its genera in the interactive view.›
Plants you might know
- Monstera
- Philodendron
- Anthurium
- Duckweed (Lemna)
Largest genera
Anthurium1,460 spp.
Philodendron630 spp.
Amorphophallus246 spp.
Arisaema224 spp.
Xanthosoma199 spp.
Homalomena177 spp.
Rhodospatha137 spp.
Stenospermation116 spp.
Rhaphidophora105 spp.
Schismatoglottis99 spp.
Alocasia92 spp.
Cryptocoryne92 spp.
Typhonium83 spp.
Spathiphyllum76 spp.
Monstera73 spp.
Chlorospatha70 spp.
Pothos66 spp.
Dieffenbachia60 spp.
Syngonium42 spp.
Scindapsus36 spp.
Bucephalandra32 spp.
Dracontium30 spp.
Arum27 spp.
Culcasia27 spp.
Aglaonema26 spp.
Bau26 spp.
Biarum25 spp.
Lagenandra24 spp.
Borneoa23 spp.
Stylochiton22 spp.
Caladium19 spp.
Heteropsis19 spp.
Adelonema16 spp.
Lazarum16 spp.
Anadendrum15 spp.
Colocasia15 spp.
Cyrtosperma15 spp.
Epipremnum15 spp.
Apoballis14 spp.
Lemna14 spp.
Tweeddalea14 spp.
Urospatha13 spp.
Ibania12 spp.
Ooia12 spp.
Pinellia12 spp.
Cercestis11 spp.
Sauromatum11 spp.
Steudnera11 spp.
Wolffia11 spp.
Wolffiella10 spp.
Burttianthus9 spp.
Hapaline9 spp.
Anubias8 spp.
Asterostigma8 spp.
Eminium8 spp.
Gorgonidium8 spp.
Zantedeschia8 spp.
Arophyton7 spp.
Pursegloveia7 spp.
Rhynchopyle7 spp.
The 91 smaller genera are in the interactive tree.
Where it grows
- Southern America2,961
- Asia-Tropical1,438
- Asia-Temperate326
- Africa195
- Northern America169
- Australasia42
- Europe37
- Pacific16
Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.