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  1. Family: Araceae Juss.
    1. Genus: Anthurium Schott

      1. Anthurium jilekii Schott

        This species is accepted, and its native range is Brazil (SE. Bahia to Espírito Santo).

    [CATE]

    CATE Araceae, 17 Dec 2011. araceae.e-monocot.org

    General Description
    Epiphytic, occasionally terrstrial herb; stem abbreviated or elongate, suberect, internodes to 1cm long, 2cm thick, old cataphylls triangular, persistent, dark brown, fibrous. LEAF: Petiole to 30cm long, 0.7cm thick, less than half as long as lamina, flattened or sometimes winged centrally on upper surface with winged margins, lower surface rounded or with several longitudinal winged ribs; leaf blade narrowly oblong-elliptic to oblanceolate, to 65cm long, 15cm broad, dark glossy green on upper surface, much paler and glossy below, apex acute-acuminate, base cuneate to subacute; midrib often with wined keel on lower surface; main side veins distinct, forming loopiing inframarginal veins, impressed on upper surface. INFLORESCENCE: Peduncle to 40cm long, 0.5cm thick, greenish- to reddish-brown, often with several winged ribs; spathe linear-lanceolate, to 7cm long, 1.5cm broad, greenish- to reddish-brown, reflexed, apex long-cuspidate; spadix narrowly conic to cylindric, to 13cm long, 0.7cm thick, sessile to subsessile, with odour of fermenting fruit at anthesis; tepals reddish- to maroon-purple, stigmas somewhat prominent prior to anthesis, pollen pale yellow. INFRUCTESCENCE: Berries globose with apiculate apex, ± 0.4cm in dia., garnet-red to brown-purple, paler basally; seeds broadly elliptic to subcircular in outline, 0.3c, long, 0.25cm broad, somewhat flattened, pale yellow, sticky.

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    Distribution

    Native to:

    Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast

    Other Data

    Anthurium jilekii Schott appears in other Kew resources:

    Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
    Apr 1, 1996 Sant'Ana, S.C. [22], Bahia K000302720
    Jan 1, 1993 Amorim, A.M.A. [1366], Bahia K000302724
    Mar 1, 1982 Harley, R.M. [18228], Bahia K000302723
    Mar 1, 1982 Storr, R. [130], Bahia K000302722
    Mar 1, 1982 Storr, R. [130], Bahia K000302721
    Jan 1, 1980 Harley, R.M. [18228], Bahia K000302717
    Jan 1, 1980 Harley, R.M. [18228], Bahia K000302718
    Jan 1, 1980 Harley, R.M. [18228], Bahia K000302719
    Jan 1, 1980 Santos, T.S. [615], Bahia K000302713
    Jan 1, 1980 Vinha, S.C. [116], Bahia K000302712
    Jan 1, 1980 Vinha, S.C. [116], Bahia K000302711
    Harley, R.M. [18228], Brazil 47738.000
    Harley, R.M. [20301], Brazil K001239529
    Mayo, S. [833], Bahia K000302716
    Mayo, S. [833], Bahia K000302715
    Mayo, S. [833], Bahia K000302714
    Mayo, S. [794], Bahia K000302710
    Mayo, S. [794], Bahia K000302709
    Sucre, D. [5497], Brazil K001239531
    Sucre, D. [5641], Brazil K001239532
    Martinelli, G. [13283], Brazil K001239535
    Martinelli, G. [13283], Brazil K001239536
    Martinelli, G. [13283], Brazil K001239537
    Martinelli, G. [13283], Brazil K001239533
    Martinelli, G. [13283], Brazil K001239534
    Nadruz, M. [840], Bahia K000302725
    Thomas, W.W. [12622], Brazil K001239530

    Bibliography

    First published in Bonplandia (Hannover) 10: 5 (1862)

    Accepted by

    • Nadruz Coelho, M.A., Waechter, J.L. & Mayo, S.J. (2009). Revisão taxonômica das espécies de Anthurium (Araceae) seção Urospadix subseção Flavescentiviridia Rodriguésia; Revista do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal, Jardim Botânico e Estaçao Biologica do Itatiaya 60: 799-864.
    • Nadruz Coelho, M.A. & Mayo, S.J. (2007). Typifications of names of Brazilian taxa of Anthurium sect. Urospadix (Araceae) Taxon 56: 211-225.
    • 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.

    Literature

    Kew Backbone Distributions

    • Nadruz Coelho, M.A., Waechter, J.L. & Mayo, S.J. (2009). Revisão taxonômica das espécies de Anthurium (Araceae) seção Urospadix subseção Flavescentiviridia Rodriguésia; Revista do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal, Jardim Botânico e Estaçao Biologica do Itatiaya 60: 799-864.

    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.
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

    Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
    'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    Kew Backbone Distributions
    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2020. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

    Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2020. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0