Taxon: Philodendron bipinnatifidum Schott ex Endl.

Common names:

• banana-de-imbê   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• banana-de-macaco   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• banana-de-morcego   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• banana-do-brejo   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• banana-do-mato   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• cipó-imbé   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• guaimbê   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• imbê   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Hortus 3; Dict Gard; Eur Gard F)
  
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Lampe & McCann, as P. selloum)
  

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View toxicology references for Philodendron bipinnatifidum from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Brazil: Brazil [s.]
  Western South America: Bolivia - Santa Cruz
  Southern South America: Argentina [n.]; Paraguay

References:

• Angely, J. A. 1965. Flora analitica do Parana. (L Parana)
• Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr. 1963–1968. Flora of Java. (F Java)
• Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. (Zander ed14) [lists as P. bipinnatifidum Schott ex Endl.].
• Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 2002. World checklist and bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae). (L Araceae)
• Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard) [lists as P. bipinnatifidum Endl.].
• IPGRI. New World Fruits Database - on-line resource. (New World Fruits)
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3) [lists as P. bipinnatifidum Schott ex Endl.].
• Mayo, S. 1991. Kew Bull. 46:634.
• Nicolson, D. H. 1982. Schott's new taxa published in the Wiener Zeitschrift für Kunst etc. (1829-1830). Taxon 31:550. [a nom. nudum by Schott in Weiner Z. Kunst].
• Spichiger, R., ed. 1985–. Flora del Paraguay. (F Parag) [lists as P. bipinnatifidum (Schott) Schott].
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora. (Eur Gard F) [lists as P. bipinnatifidum Endl.].

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Philodendron bipinnatifidum.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Philodendron bipinnatifidum. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• (=) Philodendron lundii Warm.
  
• (=) Philodendron selloum K. Koch
  (previously associated with 1 accession)

Check other databases for Philodendron bipinnatifidum Schott ex Endl.:

• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• New World Fruits Database: Online database from Bioversity International
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority for Philodendron bipinnatifidum cultivars
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

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