 When cultivated as a houseplant, Spathiphyllum cochlearispathum is commonly called Peace Lily.The species was originally described by Frederik Michael Liebmann in a separate genus "Hydnostachyon", which he described as having a concave (spoon-like) spathe "Spatha foliacea persistens cochleariformis", from which he formed the species epithet "cochlearispathum".The species was moved to the genus "Spathiphyllum" by Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler.