Anthurium podophyllum

Common name: Footleaf Anthurium

Family: Araceae

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Country of Origin: Mexico (Veracruz, Oaxaca)

Description: Usually terrestrial or epipetric, often more than 1 m tall; stems 2.5-3.5 cm diam.; roots descending: cataphylls, coriaceous, 7.5-11 cm long, gradually acuminate at apex, drying medium brown, persisting as linear fibers.
Anthurium podophyllum is endemic to the Atlantic coast of Mexico in Veracruz and Oaxaca at elevations of 750 to 2,000 m in "selva mediana subperennifolia."

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USDA Zone: 9b-11

Source: Rob Nicholson - Smith College

Provenance:

Mexico, Oaxaca state, Huautla De Jimenez vicinity, watershed of Puente de Fierro, cliffside, limestone outcrop, full sun, cloudforest habitat 
18 degrees 12' N, 96 degrees 50' 30" W
6.3 miles north of junction with main road to Huatla.   

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Classification:

• Division: Magnoliophyta
• Class: Liliopsida
• SubClass: monocots
• Order: Alismatales
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• Family: Araceae
• SubFamily: Pothoideae
• Tribe: Anthurieae
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References:

1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 8 June 2015.
2. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 8 June 2015.
3. Anthurium podophyllum at International Aroid Society. Accessed 8 June 2015.

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