Anthurium wendlingeri
| Anthurium wendlingeri | |
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| A. wendlingeri, Berlin Botanical Garden; note the pollinated inflorescence developing into berries (seed pods). | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Araceae |
| Genus: | Anthurium |
| Species: | A. wendlingeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Anthurium wendlingeri G.M.Barroso
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Anthurium wendlingeri is a species of aroid plant, in the genus Anthurium, found from Central to South America, from SE Nicaragua to NW Colombia.[1] It grows in moist, montane tropical habitats as an epiphyte. Unique among its genus, A. wendlingeri has long, pendant and strap-like leaves (which grow up to 7 feet (2.1 m) long), and can have a slightly velvety appearance.[2]
A member of the section Porphyrochitonium,[3] colloquially called "strap-leaved" Anthuriums, A. wendlingeri is visually similar to A. vittariifolium or A. pendens, albeit with more spiraling, corkscrew-like spadix.[4] Like many Anthurium, the species is somewhat variable and has some local variety within its range; the varietal horichii, described by Croat, is found in Costa Rica.[5] The more common subspecies is A. w. wendlingeri, found across the majority of the species' range.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Anthurium wendlingeri". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ Offolter, Enid (2022-05-31). Welcome to the Jungle: Rare Tropical Houseplants to Collect, Grow, and Love. Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed. p. 73. ISBN 978-1-9848-5995-2.
- ^ Deni Bown (2000), Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family, Timber Press, p. 208, ISBN 978-0-88192-485-5
- ^ Croat, Thomas B. (1983). "A Revision of the Genus Anthurium (Araceae) of Mexico and Central America. Part I: Mexico and Middle America". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 70 (2): 211–416. doi:10.2307/2399049. ISSN 0026-6493. JSTOR 2399049.
- ^ "Anthurium wendlingeri var. horichii". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ "Anthurium wendlingeri subsp. wendlingeri". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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