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
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]
  • Aglaonema acutispathum N.E.Br.
  • Aglaonema laoticum Gagnep.

References

  1. A.L.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 442 (1879)
  2. "Aglaonema modestum Schott ex Engl". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  3. "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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