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Anthurium dwyeri

Anthurium dwyeri
Photo: Dr. Alexey Yakovlev, CC BY-SA 2.0
Family
Araceae (Arum family)
Grows as
Epiphyte
Native range
Costa Rica to Colombia (Chocó)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Anthurium dwyeri is a species of plant in the genus Anthurium native from Costa Rica to the Chocó Department of Colombia. Named in honor of the botanist Dr John D. Dwyer, it has no known close relatives but is a member of the section Porphyrochitonium. An epiphyte, it is most easily recognizable by its leathery, oblong to elliptical leaves that are 24–40 centimetres (9.4–15.7 in) long and grow on triangular stems.

Other Anthurium plants

Anthurium acaule · Anthurium albidum · Anthurium albispatha · Anthurium albovirescens · Anthurium alcatrazense · Anthurium alluriquinense · Tulip Anthurium · Anthurium amoenum · Anthurium anceps · Anthurium andicola · Flamingo-lily · Anthurium angustilaminatum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Anthurium dwyeri by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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