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Plant Genus Guide & Care Reference

Explore 30 genus-level botanical notes and their Kew source records. The family and reported native-range notes are general references; they do not describe a particular plant’s identity, supplied stage, care, availability or purchase terms.

Aglaonema

Kew treats Aglaonema as an accepted genus in Araceae. Its reported native range is Northeast India to Papua New Guinea.

Alocasia

Kew treats Alocasia as an accepted genus in Araceae. Its reported native range is Tropical and subtropical Asia to eastern Australia.

Amydrium

Kew treats Amydrium as an accepted genus in Araceae. Its reported native range is Indo-China to Papua New Guinea.

Anthurium

Kew treats Anthurium as an accepted genus in Araceae. Its reported native range is Mexico to tropical America.

Begonia

Kew treats Begonia as an accepted genus in Begoniaceae. Its reported native range is Tropics and subtropics to central China.

Caladium

Kew treats Caladium as an accepted genus in Araceae. Its reported native range is Central and South Tropical America.

Cercestis

Kew treats Cercestis as an accepted genus in Araceae. Its reported native range is West and west-central tropical Africa to Uganda and Angola.

Cnidoscolus

Kew treats Cnidoscolus as an accepted genus in Euphorbiaceae. Its reported native range is Tropical and subtropical America.

Colocasia

Kew treats Colocasia as an accepted genus in Araceae. Its reported native range is Tropical and subtropical Asia.

Davallia

Kew treats Davallia as an accepted genus in Polypodiaceae. Its reported native range is Tropical and subtropical Old World to Australia.

Drynaria

Kew treats Drynaria as an accepted genus in Polypodiaceae. Its reported native range is Tropical and subtropical Old World to the Pacific.

Dryopteris

Kew treats Dryopteris as an accepted genus in Polypodiaceae. Its reported native range is Cosmopolitan.

Epipremnum

Kew treats Epipremnum as an accepted genus in Araceae. Its reported native range is Tropical and subtropical Asia to the Pacific.

Ficus

Kew treats Ficus as an accepted genus in Moraceae. Its reported native range is Tropics and subtropics.

Goniophlebium

Kew treats Goniophlebium as an accepted genus in Polypodiaceae. Its reported native range is Tropical and subtropical Asia to the western Pacific.

Homalomena

Kew treats Homalomena as an accepted genus in Araceae. Its reported native range is Tropical and subtropical Asia to the southwest Pacific.

Kaempferia

Kew treats Kaempferia as an accepted genus in Zingiberaceae. Its reported native range is Tropical and subtropical Asia.

Lecanopteris

Kew treats Lecanopteris as an accepted genus in Polypodiaceae. Its reported native range is Madagascar, tropical and subtropical Asia to the southwest Pacific.

Monstera

Kew treats Monstera as an accepted genus in Araceae. Its reported native range is Mexico to tropical America.

Musa

Kew treats Musa as an accepted genus in Musaceae. Its reported native range is Tropical and subtropical Asia to the western Pacific.

Nephrolepis

Kew treats Nephrolepis as an accepted genus in Polypodiaceae. Its reported native range is Tropics and subtropics.

Philodendron

Kew treats Philodendron as an accepted genus in Araceae. Its reported native range is Mexico to tropical America.

Phlebodium

Kew treats Phlebodium as an accepted genus in Polypodiaceae. Its reported native range is Tropical and subtropical America.

Phyllotaenium

Kew treats Phyllotaenium as an accepted genus in Araceae. Its reported native range is Panama to Colombia.

Platycerium

Kew treats Platycerium as an accepted genus in Polypodiaceae. Its reported native range is Tropical and subtropical Old World to Australia, plus Peru to Bolivia.

Rhaphidophora

Kew treats Rhaphidophora as an accepted genus in Araceae. Its reported native range is Tropical Africa to the western Pacific.

Syngonium

Kew treats Syngonium as an accepted genus in Araceae. Its reported native range is Mexico to tropical America.

Woodwardia

Kew treats Woodwardia as an accepted genus in Aspleniaceae. Its reported native range is Macaronesia, western and central Mediterranean, tropical and subtropical Asia, North and Central America.

Xanthosoma

Kew treats Xanthosoma as an accepted genus in Araceae. Its reported native range is Mexico to tropical America.

Zamioculcas

Kew treats Zamioculcas as an accepted genus in Araceae. Its reported native range is Eastern tropical to southern Africa.