Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Philodendron bipinnatifidum
costilla de Adán, banano de mono, filodendro paraguayo, lacy tree philodendron, selloum
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Liliopsida (= Monocotyledoneae)
Order
Arales
Family
Araceae
Genus
Philodendron
Species
bipinnatifidum
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Arum pinnatifidum Jacq.
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 2003
Mode of introduction: Intentional
Introduction Pathway: Intentional
Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture
Introduced status: Human dependent
Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Guézou, A. Trueman, M., Buddenhagen, E., Chamorro, S., Guerrero, A.M., Pozo, P., Atkinson, R. (2010) An extensive Alien Plan Inventory from the Inhabited Areas of Galapagos Plos One/ www.plosone.org. Volume 5/ Issue 4/e10276
- Mayo, S. (1991) A revision of Philodendron subgenus Meconostigma (Araceae). Kew Bull. 46(4): 601–681.
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
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"Galapagos Species Database, Philodendron bipinnatifidum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=2092. Accessed 20 April 2026.