Summary
Place of publication:
Syn. pl. 1:446. 1805
Verified:
11/29/2005
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
airplant – cathedral-bells – curtainplant – floppers – good-luck-leaf – lifeplant – Mexican loveplant – miracle-leaf – mother-in-law – tree-of-life – German
Schwiegermutterpflanze – Spanish
hoja del aire – Swedish
fjäderkalankoe –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Madagascar | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Macaronesia | Cabo Verde | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Macaronesia | Portugal | Azores | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Macaronesia | Portugal | Madeira Islands | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Macaronesia | Spain | Canary Islands | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Mauritius | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Reunion | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Seychelles | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | China | China | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Ryukyu Islands | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Taiwan | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Bhutan | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Nepal | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Papua New Guinea | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | North Indian Ocean | British Indian Ocean Terr | Diego Garcia | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | New Zealand | New Zealand | | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Chiapas | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Hidalgo | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Veracruz | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Yucatan | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | North-Central Pacific | U.S. Outlying Islands | Midway Islands | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | North-Central Pacific | United States | Hawaii | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Guam | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Micronesia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Palau | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | U.S. Outlying Islands | Wake Island | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | South-Central Pacific | Cook Islands | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | South-Central Pacific | French Polynesia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | American Samoa | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Fiji | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Kiribati | Gilbert Islands | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Nauru | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | New Caledonia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Niue | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Solomon Islands | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Tonga | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | West Indies | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Northern South America | French Guiana | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Northern South America | Guyana | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Northern South America | Suriname | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Corrientes | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Galapagos Islands | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | | |
Native
Africa
-
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Madagascar
Cultivated
()
Naturalized
Africa
-
MACARONESIA:
Cabo Verde, Spain [Canary Islands], Portugal [Azores, Madeira Islands]
-
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Asia-Temperate
-
CHINA:
China
-
EASTERN ASIA:
Japan [Ryukyu Islands], Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Nepal
-
MALESIA:
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea
-
NORTH INDIAN OCEAN:
British Indian Ocean Terr [Diego Garcia]
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia
-
NEW ZEALAND:
New Zealand
Northern America
-
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Florida]
-
SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Chiapas, Hidalgo, Veracruz, Yucatan]
Pacific
-
NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
U.S. Outlying Islands [Midway Islands], United States [Hawaii]
-
NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Micronesia, Guam, Palau, U.S. Outlying Islands [Wake Island]
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SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
Cook Islands, French Polynesia
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SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
American Samoa, Fiji, Kiribati [Gilbert Islands], New Caledonia, Niue, Nauru, Solomon Islands, Tonga
Southern America
-
BRAZIL:
Brazil
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CARIBBEAN:
West Indies
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina [Corrientes]
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Ecuador [Galapagos Islands], Peru
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Weber, E. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. 2003 |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Padua, L. S. de et al., eds. 1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 12(1):166. |
Weed | | | Weber, E. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. 2003 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=21076.
Accessed 20 September 2024.