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Best Indoor Plants

Research into the use of biological processes to solve environmental problems, both on Earth and in space has been carried out for many years by Dr. Bill Wolverton, formerly a senior research scientist at NASA’s John C. Stennis Space Center, Bay St. Louis, Miss.

Based on preliminary evaluations of the use of common indoor plants for indoor air purification and revitalization a study using about a dozen popular varieties of houseplants was done to determine their effectiveness in removing several key pollutants associated with indoor air pollution.

While more research is needed, Wolverton’s study showed that common indoor plants can remove certain pollutants from the indoor environment. Here are the top 9 houseplants:

Common name: “Reed Palm” or ” Bamboo Palm”
Latin name: Chamaedorea seifrizii

Common name: “Silver Queen” or “Chinese Evergreen”
Latin name: Aglaonema sp

Common name: “English Ivy” or “California Ivy”
Latin name: Hedera helix sp

Common name: “Janet Craig” or “Green Corn Plant”
Latin name: Dracaena deremensis 'Janet Craig'
 
Common name: “Madagascar Dragon Tree”
Latin name: Dracaena marginata
 
Common name: “Corn stalk plant”
Latin name: Dracaena fragrans 'massangeana'

Common name: “Snake Plant” or “Mother-in-Law Tongue”
Latin name: Sanseveria trifasciata 'Laruentii'

Common name: “Striped Dracaena” or “Ribbon Plant”
Latin name: Dracaena deremensis 'Warneckei'

Common name: “Jade Plant” or “Jade Tree”
Latin name: Crassula argentea – synonym Crassula ovata