Aglaonema modestum
Aglaonema modestum, called Chinese evergreen, green-for-ten-thousand-years, and lily of China, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Aglaonema, native to Bangladesh, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, and southeast and south-central China.[2] It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[3]
Aglaonema modestum | |
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At the Belle Isle Conservatory | |
A wild-type at the United States Botanic Garden | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Alismatales |
Family: | Araceae |
Genus: | Aglaonema |
Species: | A. modestum |
Binomial name | |
Aglaonema modestum | |
Synonyms[2] | |
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References
- A.L.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 442 (1879)
- "Aglaonema modestum Schott ex Engl". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
- "Aglaonema modestum Chinese evergreen". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
Other common names; … green-for-ten-thousand-years, lily of China
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