Dieffenbachia seguine

TaxID: 42196

Basic Information

Dieffenbachia seguine

Dumb Cane, Dumb-cane, dumb cane

Dieffenbachia seguine, widely known as dumbcane, as well as leopard lily or tuftroot, is a species of Dieffenbachia, a flowering aroid plant of the family Araceae (the arums). It is native to the neotropical realm of the Americas, from extreme southern Mexico and Belize and much of Central America, as well as the northern half of South America (it is typically absent in Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay). It is found on many Caribbean islands and territories, including Cuba, Grand Bahama, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, ?les des Saintes, Jamaica, Martinique, Puerto Rico, Saba, Saint Kitts and Trinidad and Tobago. D. seguine is also found on the Gal pagos islands of Santa Cruz and San Crist bal, where it was likely introduced by humans.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Alismatales

Araceae

Dieffenbachia

seguine

Unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Dieffenbachia seguine
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(c) claudiasaraicastellanosrosario@BY-NC
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(c) mira_hlt@BY-NC
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(c) unknown@CC0
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(c) Jorge L. Peña@BY-NC
Dieffenbachia seguine
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(c) maya1808@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Nicaragua Absent —

Distribution (79 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Antigua and Barbuda Present —
Argentina Present —
Australia Present —
Benin Present —
Bangladesh Present —
Bahamas Present —
Belize Present —
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Present —
Brazil Present —
Barbados Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (2 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
ZPLPP016-13 - trnH-psbA 399 Italy 2009-08-27 -
GBVA1747-11 - matK 792 Italy - 42.98201, 12.763658

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