Anthurium vittariifolium

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Anthurium vittariifolium
Growing at the Botanical Garden of the National Museum of Natural Science, Taiwan
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Genus: Anthurium
Species:
A. vittariifolium
Binomial name
Anthurium vittariifolium

Anthurium vittariifolium is a species of flowering plant in the genus Anthurium (family Araceae) native to the Amazon basin; southeast Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and northern Brazil.[1] With its long, pendulous leaves that can reach 2.4 m (8 ft), it is among those commonly known as "strap-leaved" anthuriums. It grows as an epiphyte at lower elevations of tropical moist forests, and is a member of the section Leptanthurium along with Anthurium gracile.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Anthurium vittariifolium Engl". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  2. ^ Delannay, Xavier; Croat, Thomas (2020). "Revision of Anthurium Schott sect. Leptanthurium (Schott) Engl. (Araceae)" (PDF). Aroideana. 43 (1–2).