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Dieffenbachia Schott in Wien. Zeitschr. 3:820. 1829. Bailey, Stand. Cycl. Hort. 2:1006. 1919; Marie C. Neal, Gard. Hawaii, 151. 1965; Willis, Dict. Flow. Plants & Ferns, ed. 7, 354. 1966.
Shrubby monoecious plants with a ± thick stem, leafy at the top. Leaves large, entire, usually mottled. Spathe tubular, persistent, somewhat constricted near the middle, spadix cylindrical. Fruit a group of berries.
30 species; new world, tropical. Represented here by 1 cultivated species.
Lower Taxon
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