Aglaonema commutatum

Aglaonema commutatum, the poison dart plant, is a species of flowering plant in the Chinese evergreen genus Aglaonema, family Araceae. It is native to the Philippines and northeastern Sulawesi, and has been introduced to other tropical locales, including Cuba, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, Comoros, the Chagos Archipelago, India, Bangladesh, and the Cook Islands.^[1][2] Its hybrid cultivar 'Silver Queen' (with A. nitidum) has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as a houseplant.^[3]

Aglaonema commutatum
At the Missouri Botanical Garden
Aglaonema commutatum var. maculatum botanical illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Alismatales
Family:	Araceae
Genus:	Aglaonema
Species:	A. commutatum
Binomial name
Aglaonema commutatum Schott
Synonyms
Aglaonema commutatum f. concolor Jervis Aglaonema commutatum f. elegans (Engl.) Jervis Aglaonema commutatum var. picturatum Jervis Aglaonema commutatum f. viridans Jervis Aglaonema elegans Engl. Aglaonema maculatum Blume Aglaonema robustum Alderw. Aglaonema warburgii Engl.

Subtaxa

The following varieties are accepted:^[1]

• Aglaonema commutatum var. commutatum – central Luzon
• Aglaonema commutatum var. elegans (Engl.) Nicolson – central Luzon
• Aglaonema commutatum var. maculatum (Hook.f.) Nicolson – central Luzon
• Aglaonema commutatum var. warburgii (Engl.) Nicolson – northeast Sulawesi

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  'Silver Queen' hybrid cultivar.
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  A cultivar with red-edged leaves, ‘Siam Aurora’.
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  Flower.
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  Close-up of fruit.