Syngonium
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Authority
Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro. 2005. Vines and climbing plants of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 51: 1-483.
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Family
Araceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Description - Epiphytic or hemiepiphytic herbs, usually climbing by means of aerial roots. Stems producing abundant milky latex. Leaves simple or divided into 3-11 leaflets; petioles forming a leaf sheath at the base. Inflorescences axillary, solitary or in groups of up to 11; peduncles of the inflorescence erect, pendulous when fruiting; spathe fleshy, convolute, notably narrow in the middle, the tube ellipsoid, the blade whitish to greenish, opening when mature; spadix shorter than the spathe, erect, with the pistillate flowers in a basal position. Flowers unisexual, the perianth absent; stamens 3-4. united into a synandrium; ovary with (1)2(3) locules, which contain 1 or less frequently 2 ovules; stigma discoid or bilabiate. Fruit a berry, containing a single seed, united to form an ovoid syncarp. A neotropical genus of 33 species, the majority climbing.