Anthurium clidemioides
A. Anthurium clidemioides growing in habitat in Costa Rica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Genus: Anthurium
Species:
A. clidemioides
Binomial name
Anthurium clidemioides

Anthurium clidemioides is a species of plant in the genus Anthurium native to Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia.[1] One of the more distinctive Anthuriums, it is a vining climber with almost stalkless, bullate leaves that can range from light to very dark green.[2][3] Along with Anthurium flexile it is one of only two species in the genus that produces roots between nodes.[4][3]

Subspecies

A. clidemioides has two identified subspecies:

  • Anthurium clidemioides subsp. clidemioides
  • Anthurium clidemioides subsp. pacificum Croat & Grayum

References

  1. โ†‘ "Anthurium clidemioides Standl.", Plants of the World Online
  2. โ†‘ Offolter, Enid (2022-05-31). Welcome to the Jungle: Rare Tropical Houseplants to Collect, Grow, and Love. Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed. p. 46. ISBN 978-1-9848-5995-2.
  3. 1 2 Croat, Thomas B. (1986). "A revision of the genus Anthurium (Araceae) of Mexico and Central America: part II, Panama". Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden (USA). ISSN 0161-1542.
  4. โ†‘ Deni Bown (2000), Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family, Timber Press, pp. 199, 201, 327, ISBN 978-0-88192-485-5
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