Native records: 5 botanical areas
Brazil North, French Guiana, Guyana, 2 more areas
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Distribution is shown as WGSRPD Level 3 areas. It does not imply the species occurs throughout an entire area.
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An epiphyte of wet tropical climates. Native to Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
This entry carries only the classification and distribution data recorded in WCVP. A written account is not yet available.
Distribution areas
Brazil
- Brazil NorthNative
French Guiana
- French GuianaNative
Guyana
- GuyanaNative
Suriname
- SurinamNative
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
- VenezuelaNative
Climate of the native range
The Köppen climate classes found in the areas this plant is recorded as native to. It does not mean an entire area has that climate.
- Af Tropical, rainforest
- Am Tropical, monsoon
- Aw Tropical, savannah
The same climate occurs in 121 areas worldwide, 116 of which have no record of this plant. See them on the map
A matching climate does not mean the plant can grow there. Range limits are also set by things other than climate — dispersal history, soils, competition. Source: Beck et al. (2023), CC BY 4.0 (observed period 1991–2020).
- Family
- Araceae
- Genus
- Philodendron
Other species in Philodendron
- Philodendron mcphersonii
- Philodendron megalophyllum
- Philodendron meieri
- Philodendron melanochrysumblack-gold philodendron
- Philodendron melanoneuron
- Philodendron melanum
- Philodendron mello-barretoanum
- Philodendron melloi
- Philodendron membranaceum
- Philodendron mendozae
- Philodendron mentiens
- Philodendron meraense
Sources
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Brazil · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
French Guiana · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Guyana · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Suriname · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
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