Anthurium gracile

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Family: Araceae

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Country of Origin: Brazil: Bahia

Description: Epiphyte, usually erect; roots white; stems 1.5-3 cm long, 7-10 mm diam.; internodes short; cataphylls membranaceous, 2-9.5 cm long, drying reddish or brown, persisting intact, ultimately deciduous. ³

Anthurium gracile is the only described species of section Leptanthurium and is either an extremely variable species or comprised of some additional undescribed sibling species in the Andes of South America.³

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USDA Zone:

Source: Dylan Hannon HBG 90658

Provenance:

ex Croat 82897

      

      
  
      
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Division: Magnoliophyta
        
Class: Liliopsida
        
SubClass: monocots
        
Order: Alismatales
        
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Family: Araceae
        
SubFamily: Pothoideae
        
Tribe: Anthurieae
        
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The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Sunday, September 23, 2018.
WCSP (2017). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Sunday, September 23, 2018.
Anthurium gracile at Aroid.org. Last accessed on Sunday, September 23, 2018.

  
      
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