Anthurium clidemioides
Appearance
Anthurium clidemioides | |
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A. Anthurium clidemioides growing in habitat in Costa Rica | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Alismatales |
Family: | Araceae |
Genus: | Anthurium |
Species: | A. clidemioides
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Binomial name | |
Anthurium clidemioides |
Anthurium clidemioides is a species of plant in the genus Anthurium native to Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia.[1] One of the more distinctive Anthuriums, it is a vining climber with almost stalkless, bullate leaves that can range from light to very dark green.[2][3] Along with Anthurium flexile it is one of only two species in the genus that produces roots between nodes.[4][3]
Subspecies
[edit]A. clidemioides has two identified subspecies:
- Anthurium clidemioides subsp. clidemioides
- Anthurium clidemioides subsp. pacificum Croat & Grayum
References
[edit]- ^ "Anthurium clidemioides Standl.", Plants of the World Online
- ^ Offolter, Enid (2022-05-31). Welcome to the Jungle: Rare Tropical Houseplants to Collect, Grow, and Love. Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed. p. 46. ISBN 978-1-9848-5995-2.
- ^ a b Croat, Thomas B. (1986). "A revision of the genus Anthurium (Araceae) of Mexico and Central America: part II, Panama". Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden (USA). ISSN 0161-1542.
- ^ Deni Bown (2000), Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family, Timber Press, pp. 199, 201, 327, ISBN 978-0-88192-485-5