Native records: 1 botanical areas
Costa Rica
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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 perennial of wet tropical climates. Native to Costa Rica.
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
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, 120 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).
Other names
Spath、peace lillies、peace-lily
- Family
- Araceae
- Genus
- Spathiphyllum
Other species in Spathiphyllum
- Spathiphyllum buntingianum
- Spathiphyllum cannifoliumspatheflower
- Spathiphyllum cardonanumSpath
- Spathiphyllum clewelliiSpath
- Spathiphyllum cochlearispathum
- Spathiphyllum commutatum
- Spathiphyllum croatii
- Spathiphyllum cuspidatum
- Spathiphyllum darienenseSpath
- Spathiphyllum davidneilliiSpath
- Spathiphyllum diazii
- Spathiphyllum dressleri
Sources
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Costa Rica · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
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