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Anthurium obtusum

Anthurium obtusum
Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Araceae (Arum family)
Grows as
Shrub, Epiphyte
Native range
C. & S. Trop. America
Climate
wet tropical

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Anthurium obtusum is a species of plant in the genus Anthurium widely distributed in Central and South America, from Belize to Bolivia. The species was originally described as Anthurium trinerve by Adolf Engler and then in 1997, reclassified. The species is easily confused with Anthurium scandens, but can be distinguished by its terrestrial growth habit and a white spathe which stays erect rather than reflexed.

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 obtusum 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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