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Anthurium andraeanum Linden
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- Common Name: Cresta de gallo, Cockscomb
- Family: Araceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: Northwestern Ecuador and southwestern Columbia
- 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: 4102 - N Bench
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 08-27-2007
Classification:- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Liliopsida
- SubClass: monocots
- Order: Alismatales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Araceae
- SubFamily: Pothoideae
- Tribe: Anthurieae
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References:Aroideana, Vol.3, No.2 by MICHAEL MADISON
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