Anthurium clavigerum Poepp. is a plant in the Araceae family, order Alismatales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Anthurium clavigerum Poepp. (Anthurium clavigerum Poepp.)
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Anthurium clavigerum Poepp.

Anthurium clavigerum Poepp.

Anthurium clavigerum is an epiphytic Central and South American Anthurium with the largest foliage of any Central American Anthurium.

Family
Genus
Anthurium
Order
Alismatales
Class
Liliopsida

About Anthurium clavigerum Poepp.

Anthurium clavigerum Poepp. is a plant species belonging to the genus Anthurium. It is native to Central and South America, with a distribution that extends from Honduras to central and western Brazil. This epiphytic species has distinctive deeply lobed leaves that sometimes have sinuous edges. Its main stem can reach several meters in length, and its palmate leaves can grow up to 2 meters (6 ft 7 in) across. This species has the largest foliage of any Anthurium found in Central America.

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Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Liliopsida Alismatales Araceae Anthurium

More from Araceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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