Aglaonema simplexBlume

WFO wfo-0000924583 Accepted WFO 2026-06 6 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–f · 3 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 3 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Aglaonema simplex, photographed by Forest Botial-Jarvis
fig. a Forest Botial-Jarvis, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-02-21 / obs. 180211779
Aglaonema simplex, photographed by Ong Jyh Seng
fig. b Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 101437730
Aglaonema simplex, photographed by Leonard Worthington
fig. c Leonard Worthington, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 52551461
Aglaonema simplex, photographed by Ong Jyh Seng
fig. d Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 101437734
Aglaonema simplex, photographed by Ong Jyh Seng
fig. e Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 101437740
Aglaonema simplex, photographed by Forest Botial-Jarvis
fig. f Forest Botial-Jarvis, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 180211783

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Native range 16 botanical countries

Regions where Aglaonema simplex is native: China South-Central, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam China South-CentralBangladeshBorneoCambodiaJawaLaosLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMalukuMyanmarPhilippinesSulawesiSumateraThailandVietnam Nicobar Is.
Native distribution of Aglaonema simplex, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Bangladesh BAN ASIA-TROPICAL
Borneo BOR
Cambodia CBD
Jawa JAW
Laos LAO
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Maluku MOL
Myanmar MYA
Nicobar Is. NCB
Philippines PHI
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 34 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Aglaonema alpinum Elmer
  • Aglaonema angustifolium N.E.Br.
  • Aglaonema angustifolium var. undulatum Ridl.
  • Aglaonema borneense Engl.
  • Aglaonema brevivaginatum Alderw.
  • Aglaonema elongatum Alderw.
  • Aglaonema emarginatum Alderw.
  • Aglaonema fallax Schott ex Engl.
  • Aglaonema grande Alderw.
  • Aglaonema latius Alderw.
  • Aglaonema longicuspidatum Schott
  • Aglaonema malaccense Schott
  • Aglaonema nicobaricum var. luteum Sasikala
  • Aglaonema nieuwenhuisii Engl. ex Alderw.
  • Aglaonema pierreanum Engl.
  • Aglaonema propinquum Schott
  • Aglaonema schottianum Miq.
  • Aglaonema schottianum f. angustifolium (N.E.Br.) Engl.
  • Aglaonema schottianum var. brownii Engl.
  • Aglaonema schottianum var. genuinum Engl.
  • Aglaonema schottianum var. malaccense (Schott) Engl.
  • Aglaonema schottianum var. winkleri Engl.
  • Aglaonema siamense Engl.
  • Aglaonema simplex f. angustifolium (N.E.Br.) Jervis

and 10 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.