List of Araceae genera
This is a list of genera in the plant family Araceae. As currently circumscribed, the family contains over 3700 species into approximately a hundred genera. The family's taxonomy remains in flux, and a full taxonomic treatment integrating the mass of phylogenetic data that has become available in the last 10 years remain to be produced. The classification presented here is informed by the review of Mayo et al..
Genera
| Genus Authority | Year | Classification | Type species | # of species | Distribution | ||
| Gymnostachys R.Br. | 1810 | Gymnostachydoideae | Gymnostachys anceps R.Br. | 1 | Eastern Australia | ||
| Lysichiton Schott | 1857 | Orontioideae | Lysichiton camtschatcensis Schott | 2 | Temperate East Asia to Western United States | ||
| Orontium L. | 1753 | Orontioideae | Orontium aquaticum L. | 1 | Eastern United States to Texas | ||
| Symplocarpus Salisb. ex W.P.C.Barton | 1817 | Orontioideae | Symplocarpus foetidus Salisb. ex W.P.C.Barton | 5 | Temperate East Asia and North America | ||
| Landoltia Les & D.J.Crawford | 2000 | Lemnoideae | Landoltia punctata Les & D.J.Crawford | 1 | South and Central America | ||
| Lemna L. | 1753 | Lemnoideae | Lemna minor L. | c. 13 | Cosmopolitan | ||
| Spirodela Schleid. | 1839 | Lemnoideae | Spirodela polyrrhiza Schleid. | 3 | Cosmopolitan | ||
| Wolffia Horkel ex Schleid. | 1844 | Lemnoideae | Wolffia michelii Schleid. | ca. 10 | Cosmopolitan | ||
| Wolffiella Hegelm. | 1895 | Lemnoideae | Wolffiella oblonga Hegelm. | ca. 10 | New World, Africa, Arabian Peninsula | ||
| Anthurium Schott | 1829 | Pothoideae | Anthurium acaule Schott | over 1000 | Central and South America, Caribbean | ||
| Pedicellarum M.Hotta | 1976 | Pothoideae | Pedicellarum paiei M.Hotta | 1 | Indomalaya | ||
| Pothoidium Schott | 1857 | Pothoideae | Pothoidium lobbianum Schott | 1 | Taiwan, Moluccas, Sulawesi, Philippines | ||
| Pothos L. | 1753 | Pothoideae | Pothos scandens L. | 55+ | Tropical Asia and Pacific | ||
| Alloschemone Schott | 1858 | Monsteroideae | Alloschemone poeppigiana Schott | 2 | Bolivia and Northern Brazil | ||
| Amydrium Schott | 1863 | Monsteroideae | Amydrium humile Schott | 5 | Indochina to New Guinea | ||
| Anadendrum Schott | 1857 | Monsteroideae | Anadendrum montanum Schott | 12 | Southern China to Malesia | ||
| Epipremnum Schott | 1857 | Monsteroideae | Epipremnum mirabile Schott | ca. 15 | Tropical and subtropical Asia to Pacific Islands | ||
| Heteropsis Kunth | 1841 | Monsteroideae | Heteropsis salicifolia Kunth | 17 | Costa Rica to tropical South America | ||
| Holochlamys Engl. | 1883 | Monsteroideae | Holochlamys beccarii Engl. | 1 | New Guinea | ||
| Monstera Adans. | 1763 | Monsteroideae | Monstera adansonii Schott | ca. 60 | Continental Neotropics | ||
| Rhaphidophora Hassk. | 1842 | Monsteroideae | Rhaphidophora pertusa | ca. 100 | Africa to Australasia | ||
| Rhodospatha Poepp. | 1845 | Monsteroideae | Rhodospatha latifolia Poepp. | 15 | Continental Neotropics | ||
| Scindapsus Schott | 1832 | Monsteroideae | Scindapsus officinalis Schott | 35 | Subtropical Asia to northern Australia | ||
| Spathiphyllum Schott | 1832 | Monsteroideae | Spathiphyllum lanceifolium Schott | 40 | Malesia, Central and South America | ||
| Stenospermation Schott | 1858 | Monsteroideae | Stenospermation mathewsii Schott | 50+ | Continental Neotropics | ||
| Anaphyllopsis A.Hay | 1989 | Lasioideae | Anaphyllopsis americana A.Hay | 3 | Tropical South America | ||
| Anaphyllum Schott | 1857 | Lasioideae | Anaphyllum wightii Schott | 2 | India | ||
| Cyrtosperma Griff. | 1851 | Lasioideae | Cyrtosperma lasioides Griff. | ca. 12 | Malesia and Pacific islands | ||
| Dracontioides Engl. | 1911 | Lasioideae | Dracontioides desciscens Engl. | 2 | Eastern Brazil | ||
| Dracontium L. | 1753 | Lasioideae | Dracontium polyphyllum L. | 24 | Neotropical | ||
| Lasia Lour. | 1790 | Lasioideae | Lasia aculeata Lour. | 2 | Tropical Asia to New Guinea | ||
| Lasimorpha Schott | 1857 | Lasioideae | Lasimorpha senegalensis Schott | 1 | Western and West-Central Africa | ||
| Podolasia N.E.Br. | 1882 | Lasioideae | Podolasia stipitata N.E.Br. | 1 | Malay Archipelago | ||
| Pycnospatha Thorel ex Gagnep. | 1941 | Lasioideae | Pycnospatha palmata Gagnep. | 2 | Indochina | ||
| Urospatha Schott | 1853 | Lasioideae | Urospatha sagittifolia Schott | 10+ | Central and Southern America | ||
| Gonatopus Hook.f. ex Engl. | 1879 | Zamioculcadoideae | Gonatopus boivinii Engl. | 5 | Africa | ||
| Zamioculcas Schott | Zamioculcadoideae | Zamioculcas loddigesii Schott | 1 | Tropical Eastern and Southern Africa. | |||
| Aglaodorum Schott | 1858 | Aglaodorum griffithii Schott | 1 | Sundaland, southern Indochina | |||
| Aglaonema Schott | 1829 | Aglaonema oblongifolium Schott | ca. 40 | Southeast Asia | |||
| Alocasia G.Don | 1839 | Alocasia cucullata G.Don | 79 | tropical Asia to Australia | |||
| Amorphophallus Blume ex Decne. | 1834 | Amorphophallus campanulatus Blume ex Decne. | ca. 200 | Paleotropical | |||
| Ambrosina Bassi | 1763 | Ambrosina bassii L. | 1 | Tunisia, Algeria, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily | |||
| Anchomanes Schott | 1853 | Anchomanes hookeri Schott | 7 or 8 | Tropical Africa | |||
| Anubias Schott | 1857 | Anubias afzelii Schott | 8 | West Africa | |||
| Apoballis Schott | 2010 | Apoballis neglecta Schott | 12 | Thailand to Malesia | |||
| Aridarum Ridl. | 1913 | Aridarum montanum Ridl. | 7 | Borneo | |||
| Ariopsis Nimmo | 1839 | Ariopsis peltata Nimmo | 2 | Western Ghats, southeastern Himalaya | |||
| Arisaema Mart. | 1831 | Unclear | ca. 150 | Eastern and Central Africa, Asia and eastern North America | |||
| Arisarum Mill. | 1754 | Arisarum vulgare Targ.Tozz. | 3 | Mediterranean area East to Caucasus | |||
| Arophyton Jum. | 1928 | Arophyton tripartitum Jum. | 7 | Northern Madagascar | |||
| Arum L. | 1753 | Arum maculatum L. | ca. 25 | Western Palearctic | |||
| Asterostigma Fisch. & C.A.Mey. | 1845 | Asterostigma langsdorffianum Fisch. & C.A.Mey. | 7 | Northern South America | |||
| Bakoa P.C.Boyce & S.Y.Wong | 2008 | Bakoa lucens P.C.Boyce & S.Y.Wong | 1 | Borneo | |||
| Biarum Schott | 1832 | Biarum tenuifolium Schott | ca. 23 | Mediterranean | |||
| Bognera Mayo & Nicolson | 1984 | Bognera recondita Mayo & Nicolson | 1 | Brazil | |||
| Bucephalandra Schott | 1858 | Bucephalandra motleyana Scott | 5 | Borneo | |||
| Caladium Vent. | 1801 | Caladium bicolor | 7 | Tropical South America | |||
| Calla L. | 1753 | Calla palustris L. | 1 | Temperate Northern Hemisphere | |||
| Callopsis Engl. | 1895 | Callopsis volkensii Endl. | 1 | Tanzania and Kenya | |||
| Carlephyton Jum. | 1919 | Carlephyton madagascariense Jum. | 3 | Madagascar | |||
| Cercestis Schott | 1857 | Cercestis afzelii Schott | 10 | Tropical Africa | |||
| Chlorospatha Engl. | 1878 | Chlorospatha kolbii Engl. | ca. 16 | Costa Rica to Peru | |||
| Colletogyne Buchet | 1939 | Colletogyne perrieri Buchet | 1 | Madagascar | |||
| Colocasia Schott | 1832 | Colocasia antiquorum Schott | at least 25 | tropical Polynesia and Southeast Asia | |||
| Croatiella E.G.Gonç. | 2005 | Croatiella integrifolia E.G.Gonç. | 1 | Eastern Ecuador | |||
| Cryptocoryne Fisch. ex Wydler | 1830 | Cryptocoryne spiralis Fisch. ex Wydler | 50 to 60 | Tropical Asia and New Guinea | |||
| Culcasia P.Beauv. | 1803 | Culcasia scandens P.Beauv. | ca. 30 | Africa | |||
| Dieffenbachia Schott | 1829 | Dieffenbachia seguine Schott | 56 | Neotropical | |||
| Dracunculus Mill. | 1754 | Dracunculus vulgaris Schott | 3 | Circummediterranean | |||
| Eminium Schott | 1856 | Eminium spiculatum Schott | 9 | Turkey and Middle East to Central Asia | |||
| Filarum Nicolson | 1968 | Filarum manserichense Nicolson | 1 | Peru | |||
| Furtadoa M. Hotta | 1981 | Furtadoa sumatrensis M.Hotta | 2 | Sumatra and Malaysia | |||
| Gearum N.E.Br. | 1882 | Gearum brasiliense N.E.Br. | 1 or 2 | Western Brazil | |||
| Gorgonidium Schott | 1864 | Gorgonidium mirabile Schott | 8 | Peru to Argentina | |||
| Hapaline Schott | 1858 | Hapaline benthamiana Schott | 8 | Southeast Asia to Malesia | |||
| Helicodiceros Schott | 1855 | Helicodiceros muscivorus Engl. | 1 | Balearic islands, Corsica, Sardinia | |||
| Hestia S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce | 2010 | Hestia longifolia S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce | 1 | Borneo | |||
| Homalomena Schott | 1832 | Homalomena cordata Schott | 80+ | Tropical Asia, Malesia, Papuasia, parts of the Neotropics | |||
| Incarum E.G.Gonç. | 2005 | Incarum pavonii E.G.Gonç. | 1 | Central Andes | |||
| Jasarum G.S.Bunting | 1977 | Jasarum steyermarkii G.S.Bunting | 1 | Guyana and Venezuela | |||
| Lagenandra Dalzell | 1852 | Lagenandra toxicaria Dalzell | 16 | India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka | |||
| Lorenzia E.G.Gonç. | 2012 | Lorenzia umbrosa E.G.Gonç. | 1 | Amapá, Brazil | |||
| Mangonia Schott | 1857 | Mangonia tweedieana Schott | 2 | southern Brazil to Uruguay | |||
| Montrichardia Crueg. | 1854 | Montrichardia aculeatum Crueg. | 2+1 fossil | Neotropical | |||
| Nephthytis Schott | 1857 | Nephthytis afzellii Schott | 6 | tropical western Africa | |||
| Ooia S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce | 2010 | Ooia grabowskii S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce | 2 | Borneo | |||
| Peltandra Raf. | 1819 | Peltandra undulata Schott | 2 | Eastern North America and Cuba | |||
| Philodendron Schott | 1829 | Philodendron grandifolium Schott | at least 350 | Tropical Americas | |||
| Philonotion Schott | 1829 | Philonotion spruceanum | Pseudrohydrosme gabunensis | 2 | Gabon | ||
| Remusatia Schott | 1832 | Remusatia vivipara Schott | 4 | Tropical and Subtropical Old World | |||
| Sauromatum Schott | 1832 | Sauromatum guttatum Schott | 9 | Tropical Eurasia to North China | |||
| Scaphispatha Brongn. ex Schott | 1860 | Scaphispatha gracilis Brongn. ex Schott | 2 | Bolivia and Brazil | |||
| Schismatoglottis Zoll. & Moritzi | 1846 | Schismatoglottis calyptrata Zoll. & Moritzi | 100-120 | Subtropical Asia to Pacific islands | |||
| Schottarum P.C.Boyce & S.Y.Wong | 2008 | Schottarum sarikeense P.C.Boyce & S.Y.Wong | 1 | Borneo | |||
| Spathantheum Schott | 1859 | Spathantheum orbignyanum Schott | 2 | Andes from Peru to Northern Argentina | |||
| Spathicarpa Hook. | 1831 | Spathicarpa hastifolia Hook. | 4 | Southern tropical America | |||
| Steudnera K.Koch | 1862 | Steudnera colocasiifolia K.Koch | 10 | Assam, Indochina, South China | |||
| Stylochaeton Lepr. | 1834 | Stylochaeton hypogeum Lepr. | ca. 20 | Africa | |||
| Synandrospadix Engl. | 1883 | Synandrospadix vermitoxicus Engl. | 1 | Peru to northern Argentina | |||
| Syngonium Schott | 1829 | Syngonium auritum Schott | ca. 35 | Neotropical | |||
| Taccarum Brongn. | 1858 | Taccarum weddellianum Brongn. | 6 | South America | |||
| Theriophonum Blume | 1837 | Theriophonum crenatum Schott | 7 | ||||
| Typhonium Schott | 1829 | Typhonium trilobatum Schott | ca. 50 | Mongolia to Australia | |||
| Typhonodorum Schott | 1857 | Typhonodorum lindleyanum Schott | 1 | Madagascar, Zanzibar, Mauritius and Comoros | |||
| Ulearum Engl. | 1905 | Ulearum sagittatum Engl. | 2 | Peru, northern Brazil | |||
| Xanthosoma Schott | 1832 | Xanthosoma sagittifolium Schott | ca. 50 | Neotropical | |||
| Zantedeschia Spreng. | 1826 | Zantedeschia aethiopica Spreng. | 8 | Southern Africa | |||
| Zomicarpa Schott | 1856 | Zomicarpa pythonium Schott | 2 | North-eastern Brazil | |||
| Zomicarpella N.E.Br. | 1881 | Zomicarpella maculata N.E.Br. | 2 | Colombia |