- Family: Araceae Juss.
- Genus: Anthurium Schott
Anthurium crassifolium N.E.Br.
- Genus: Anthurium Schott
This species is accepted, and its native range is Colombia.
Descriptions
According to CATE Araceae
[CATE]CATE Araceae, 17 Dec 2011. araceae.e-monocot.org
- General Description
- Stem shortened; cataphylls lanceolate, almost 1 dm [10 cm] long. LEAVES: Petiole rounded abaxially, canaliculate adaxially, margins acute [or with acute margins], about 2.5 dm [25 cm] long; geniculum 1.5 cm long; blades coriaceous, deep green above, paler beneath, brown glandular-dotted, 2-2.5 dm [20 - 25 cm] long, half as wide below, 9-12 cm wide, ovate-lanceolate, or elliptic-ovate, obtuse at the apex, minutely apiculate, broadly cuneate at the base, midrib and latera1 veins sunken above, midrib convex above, acute below; primary lateral veins 6-7 pairs, far apart, ascending at an acute angle (about 40 degrees), joined into a robust collective vein, [the vein] coming up from the base, almost the entire length, chiefly at the bottom, far from the margin [broadly distant], another col1ective vein in the third or fourth lower part ante-marginal then marginal, all the veins decidedly prominent, below. INFLORESCENCE: Peduncle almost equalling petiole, somewhat terete; spathe reflexed, elliptic-oblong, acute, about 5 cm long, 1.5-1,7 cm wide, pale green; spadix sessile, cylindrical, 4.5 cm long, 6-7 mm diam..
- Distribution
- Tropical America.
Images
Distribution
Other Data
Anthurium crassifolium N.E.Br. appears in other Kew resources:
Herbarium Catalogue (2 records)
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
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s.coll. [s.n.] | K000950214 | |||
s.coll. [s.n.] | K000950215 | Unknown type material |
Bibliography
First published in Gard. Chron., n.s., 19: 10 (1883)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1-560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
Sources
CATE Araceae
Haigh, A., Clark, B., Reynolds, L., Mayo, S.J., Croat, T.B., Lay, L., Boyce, P.C., Mora, M., Bogner, J., Sellaro, M., Wong, S.Y., Kostelac, C., Grayum, M.H., Keating, R.C., Ruckert, G., Naylor, M.F. and Hay, A., CATE Araceae, 17 Dec 2011.
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