Peace Lilies

Common name: Peace lily, Spathe flower, Spathiphyllum

Botanical name: Spathiphyllum wallisii
- [ (spath-ee-FIL-um) spathe leaf; (wal-LIS-ee-eye) named for Gustav Wallis, 19th century German botanist who collected plants in South America ]
Family: Araceae (aroid, or arum family)
- [ (a-RAY-see-ay) the Aroid or Arum family ]

Origin: South and Central America


Spathiphyllum is a genus of about 40 species of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to tropical regions of the Americas and southeastern Asia.

Certain species of Spathiphyllum are commonly known as spath or peace lilies.


Courtesy:
- Flowers of India
- Top Tropicals
- Dave's Garden
- Online Dictionary - dict.die.net
- From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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