Native records: 5 botanical areas
Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, 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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A climber of wet tropical climates. Native to Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
This entry carries only the classification and distribution data recorded in WCVP. A written account and images are not yet available.
Distribution areas
Costa Rica
- Costa RicaNative
Guatemala
- GuatemalaNative
Honduras
- HondurasNative
Nicaragua
- NicaraguaNative
Panama
- PanamaNative
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.
- Am Tropical, monsoon
- Aw Tropical, savannah
- Af Tropical, rainforest
- Cwb Temperate, dry winter, warm summer
The same climate occurs in 124 areas worldwide, 119 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).
Recorded medicinal uses
The cited source records medicinal use of this plant. It is not an assessment of efficacy or safety.
Philodendron popenoei is recorded as used medicinally.
Source location: p.19, left column, line 46
World Checklist of Useful Plant Species · Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity (KNB) · CC BY 4.0 · source version: wcups-2020-62602715
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- Family
- Araceae
- Genus
- Philodendron
Other species in Philodendron
- Philodendron planadense
- Philodendron platypetiolatum
- Philodendron platypodum
- Philodendron pogonocaule
- Philodendron pokigronense
- Philodendron polliciforme
- Philodendron prancei
- Philodendron profundisulcatum
- Philodendron prominulinervium
- Philodendron propinquum
- Philodendron pseudauriculatum
- Philodendron pseudoundulatum
Sources
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Costa Rica · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Guatemala · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Honduras · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Nicaragua · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Panama · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
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