Aglaonema commutatum var. elegans
Malayan-Sword
Aglaonema simplex
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- Botanical name
- Aglaonema simplex
- Also known as
- Malayan-Sword
- Family
- Araceae
- Genus
- Aglaonema
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Malayan-Sword
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Aglaonema simplex but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Aglaonema alpinum
Aglaonema angustifolium
Aglaonema angustifolium var. undulatum
Aglaonema borneense
Aglaonema brevivaginatum
Aglaonema elongatum
Aglaonema emarginatum
Aglaonema fallax
Aglaonema grande
Aglaonema latius
Aglaonema longicuspidatum
Aglaonema malaccense
Aglaonema nicobaricum var. luteum
Aglaonema nieuwenhuisii
Aglaonema pierreanum
Aglaonema propinquum
Aglaonema schottianum
Aglaonema schottianum f. angustifolium
Aglaonema schottianum var. brownii
Aglaonema schottianum var. genuinum
Aglaonema schottianum var. malaccense
Aglaonema schottianum var. winkleri
Aglaonema siamense
Aglaonema simplex f. angustifolium
Aglaonema simplex f. inaequale
Aglaonema simplex f. nieuwenhuisii
Aglaonema simplex f. typicum
Aglaonema simplex var. macrophyllum
Aglaonema subarborescens
Aglaonema subfalcatum
Aglaonema tenuipes
Caladium princeps
Caladium simplex
Scindapsus tonkinensis
Others in Aglaonema
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