Thaumatophyllum Schott, Bonplandia 7: 31. 1859.

Sakuragui, Cassia Monica, Calazans, Luana Silva Braucks, Oliveira, Leticia Loss de, Morais, Erica Barroso de, Benko-Iseppon, Ana Maria, Vasconcelos, Santelmo, Schrago, Carlos Eduardo Guerra & Mayo, Simon Joseph, 2018, Recognition of the genus Thaumatophyllum Schott - formerly Philodendron subg. Meconostigma (Araceae) - based on molecular and morphological evidence, PhytoKeys 98, pp. 51-71 : 57

Thaumatophyllum Schott, Bonplandia 7: 31. 1859.

Type.

Thaumatophyllum spruceanum Schott, Bonplandia 7: 31. 1859.

Etymology.

from Ancient Greek “θαυματ-” (" thaumato -", wonder, miracle) + “φύλλον” (" phyllum ", leaf); wonderful leaf, referring to the beautiful and peculiar leaves of the type species.