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Araceae

Subfamily Aroideae
Tribe Aglaonemateae

Subfamily Aroideae
Tribe Areae

Subfamily Aroideae
Tribe Caladieae

Subfamily Aroideae
Tribe Colocasieae

Subfamily Aroideae
Tribe Dieffenbachieae

Subfamily Aroideae
Tribe Philodendreae

Subfamily Aroideae
Tribe Spathicarpeae

Subfamily Aroideae
Tribe Thomsonieae

Subfamily Aroideae
Tribe Zamioculcadeae

Subfamily Aroideae
Tribe Zantedeschieae

Subfamily Lasioideae

Subfamily Monsteroideae
Tribe Monstereae

Subfamily Monsteroideae
Tribe Spathiphylleae

Subfamily Pisteae

Subfamily Pothoideae
Tribe Anthurieae

Subfamily Pothoideae
Tribe Potheae

W/C = Wild Collected
Anthurium andraeanum Linden

  • Query IPNI
  • Common Name: Cresta de gallo, Cockscomb
  • Family: Araceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Northwestern Ecuador and southwestern Colombia
  • Habitat: wet forest at elevations of 400-1300 m

  • Description: Epiphyte, the stem green, subterete, scandent, with internodes to 16 cm long and 1.5 cm thick in darkest localities, shorter in high light. Cataphylls 6-11 cm long, marcescent. Petiole terete, 25-45 cm long, green to pink. Lamina cordate-ovate, 10-14 cm broad, 22-35 cm long, coriaceous, dull medium green above, shiny pale green below, the primary lateral veins prominent both sides, pale yellowgreen. Inflorescence erect, the peduncle terete, reddish, shorter than or exceeding the petiole; spathe cordate, shiny red-orange, 3-9 cm broad, 5-12 cm long; the spadix tapered, transversely banded yellow-white-yellow in about equal lengths. Berries subglobose, translucent dirty yellow, 2-seeded. Chromosome number 2n = 30.
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Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198500021
  • Source: Unknown
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 1316 - NEO:Andean Tropics B
  • Qty: 1 confirmed on 05-19-2009
Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: monocots
  • Order: Alismatales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Araceae
  • SubFamily: Pothoideae
  • Tribe: Anthurieae
  • SubTribe:
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Aroideana, Vol.3, No.2 by MICHAEL MADISON

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