Biology:Anthurium vittariifolium
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Short description: Species of plant
Anthurium vittariifolium | |
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Growing at the Botanical Garden of the National Museum of Natural Science, Taiwan | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Alismatales |
Family: | Araceae |
Genus: | Anthurium |
Species: | A. vittariifolium
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Binomial name | |
Anthurium vittariifolium Engl.
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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
- ↑ "Anthurium vittariifolium Engl." (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/15820-2.
- ↑ Delannay, Xavier; Croat, Thomas (2020). "Revision of Anthurium Schott sect. Leptanthurium (Schott) Engl. (Araceae).". Aroideana 43 (1-2). https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/Portals/0/staff/PDFs/croat/RevisionAnthurium-SchottSectLeptanthurium.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q15321489 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthurium vittariifolium.
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