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Anthurium plantagineum

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Species of flowering plant

Anthurium plantagineum
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Genus: Anthurium
Species: A. plantagineum
Binomial name
Anthurium plantagineum
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Anthurium plantagineum is a species of plant in the family Araceae. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

The Latin specific epithet plantagineum refers to the leaves of the plant which are similar to those of a plantain.

References

  1. Benavides, G.; Pitman, N. (2003). "Anthurium plantagineum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2003: e.T42945A10766465. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2003.RLTS.T42945A10766465.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. W. T. Parsons, William Thomas Parsons and E. G. Cuthbertson Noxious Weeds of Australia, p. 325, at Google Books
Taxon identifiers
Anthurium plantagineum


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