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Genus: Anthurium
Life
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> Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants)
> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
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> Monocotyledons > Order: Alismatales
> Family: Araceae
About 700-900 species found in wet mountain forests of
tropical and subtropical North and South America. Five species are cultivated in
southern Africa.
Species cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
Anthurium andreanum (Flamingo lily, Oilcloth flower)
Indigenous to Colombia and Ecuado |
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Anthurium crystallinum
Indigenous from Panama to Peru. |
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Anthurium digitatum
Indigenous to Venezuela. |
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Anthurium scherzerianum
Indigenous to Costa Rica. |
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Anthurium warocqueanum
Indigenous to Colombia. |
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