Araceae
Anthurium

Anthurium scandens (Aubl.) Engl.

First published in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(2): 78 (1878)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Tropical America. It is an epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Central American Pacific Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2005). Monocotyledons and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 52: 1-415.
  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Almeida, V.R., Temponi, L.G. & Forzza, R.C. (2005). Araceae da Reserva Biológica da Represa do Grama - Descoberto, Minas gerais, Brasil. Rodriguésia; Revista do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal, Jardim Botânico e Estaçao Biologica do Itatiaya 56: 127-144.
  • Amith, J. & collaborators (2020). Nahuatl Learning Environment http://www.balsas-nahuatl.org/index.html.
  • Arias Granda, I. (1998). Flora de la República de Cuba, Ser. A., 1(1): 1-46.
  • Arruda Pontes, T., Moreira de Andrade, I. & Alves, M. (2010). Flora da Usina São José, Igarassu, Pernambuco: Araceae. Rodriguésia; Revista do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal, Jardim Botânico e Estaçao Biologica do Itatiaya 61: 689-794.
  • Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1-560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Hammel, B.E. & al. (2003). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 2: 1-694. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • Nadruz Coelho, M.A. (2010). A família Araceae na reserva natural Vale, Linhares, Espírito Santo, Brasil. Boletim do Museu de Biologia Mello Leitão, n.s., 28: 41-87.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Trusty, J.L., Kesler, H.C. & Delgado, G.H. (2006). Vascular flora of Isla del Coco, Costa Rica. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, 57: 247-355.
  • Zappi, D.C. & al. (2003). Lista das plantas vasculares de Catoles. Boletim de Botânica da Universidade de São Paulo 21(2): 345-398.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

CATE Araceae

  • Croat, T.B. 1983. A revision of the genus Anthurium (Araceae) of Mexico and Central America. Part I: Mexico and Middle America. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden.. 70 (2): 211-420

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2021). https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.497.3.3. epublication.
  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2005). Monocotyledons and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 52: 1-415.
  • Almeida, V.R., Temponi, L.G. & Forzza, R.C. (2005). Araceae da Reserva Biológica da Represa do Grama - Descoberto, Minas gerais, Brasil. Rodriguésia; Revista do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal, Jardim Botânico e Estaçao Biologica do Itatiaya 56: 127-144.
  • Amith, J. & collaborators (2020). Nahuatl Learning Environment http://www.balsas-nahuatl.org/index.html.
  • Arias Granda, I. (1998). Flora de la República de Cuba, Ser. A., 1(1): 1-46.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Castañeda, R.R. (1991). Frutas silvestres de Colombia. Instituto Colombiano de Cultura Hispánica.
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2019). Lista de especies vedadas por la resolución 213 de 1977. 8256 especies. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_plantaspriorizadas_2019
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 1, 1996 Sant'Ana, S.C.; Carvalho, A.M.; Santos, T.S. [15] Brazil K000302796 Yes
Apr 1, 1996 Amorim, A.M.A.; Carvalho, A.M.V.; Jardim, J.G.; Silva, J.R. [1039] Brazil K000302798 Yes
Apr 1, 1996 Amorim, A.M.A.; Carvalho, A.M.V.; Jardim, J.G.; Silva, J.R. [1039] Brazil K000302797 Yes
May 1, 1994 Bayma, I.A. [81] Brazil K000302789 Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Santos, E.B. [05] Brazil K000302792 Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Noblick, L.R. [2012] Brazil K000302795 Yes
Jan 1, 1990 Hage, J.L. [2238] Brazil K000302793 Yes
Apr 1, 1987 Harley, R.M.; Lewis, G.P.; Mello Silva, R.; Pirani, J.R.; Stannard, B.; Furlan, A. [CFCR7163] Brazil K000302794 Yes
Oct 1, 1982 Hage, J.L.; Santos, T.S.; Vinha, S. [1058] Brazil K000302791 Yes
Oct 1, 1982 Silva, L.A.M.; Carvalho, A.M.V.; Santos, T.S. [1573] Brazil K000302806 Yes
Oct 1, 1982 Hage, J.L.; Santos, E.B.; Argolo, C.L.R. [1365] Brazil K000302804 Yes
Oct 1, 1982 Hage, J.L. [933] Brazil K000302805 Yes
Oct 1, 1982 Hage, J.L. [615] Brazil K000302790 Yes
Mar 1, 1982 Ule, E. [9001] Brazil K000302813 Type Yes
Feb 1, 1982 Vinha, S.C. [120] Brazil K000302809 Yes
Nov 1, 1981 Harley, R.M.; Bromley, G.L.; Carvalho, A.M.; Soares Nunes, J.M.; Hage, J.L.; Santos, E.B. [22366] Brazil K000302803 Yes
Nov 1, 1981 Harley, R.M.; Bromley, G.L.; Carvalho, A.M.; Soares Nunes, J.M.; Hage, J.L.; Santos, E.B. [22604] Brazil K000302802 Yes
Jan 1, 1980 Hage, J.L. [28] Brazil K000302807 Yes
Jan 1, 1980 Harley, R.M. [19338] Brazil K000302812 Yes
Jan 1, 1980 Harley, R.M.; Mayo, S.J.; Storr, R.M.; Santos, T.S.; Pinheiro, R.S. [19338] Brazil K000302811 Yes
Jan 1, 1980 Harley, R.M.; Mayo, S.J.; Storr, R.M.; Santos, T.S.; Pinheiro, R.S. [19338] Brazil K000302810 Yes
Jan 1, 1980 Pinheiro, R.S. [1907] Brazil K000302808 Yes
Harley, R.M. [19338] Brazil K:SPC-46969.000 No
Montgomery, S.; LeGrande, M. [s.n.] United States K001614918 No
Holguer Lugo, S. [1766] Ecuador K001598655 Yes
Mayo, S.; Santos, E.B.; Mayo, A.K.; Bispo Santos [856] Brazil K000302800 Yes
Plummer [138] Brazil K:SPC-51178.000 No
Hart, N. K:SPC-52038.000 No
Mexico K:SPC-51182.000 No
Mayo, S.; Santos, E.B.; Mayo, A.K.; Bispo Santos [856] Brazil K000302801 Yes
Mayo, S.; Santos, E.B.; Mayo, A.K.; Bispo Santos [856] Brazil K000302799 Yes
Valenzuela, L.; Pillco, R.; Shareva, G.; Zehnder, R. [21266] Peru K002086972 Yes
Lingán, J.; Monteagudo, A.; Opisso, J.; Gazis, R.; Rojas, C. [383] Peru K002086973 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • CATE Araceae

    • Haigh, A., Clark, B., Reynolds, L., Mayo, S.J., Croat, T.B., Lay, L., Boyce, P.C., Mora, M., Bogner, J., Sellaro, M., Wong, S.Y., Kostelac, C., Grayum, M.H., Keating, R.C., Ruckert, G., Naylor, M.F. and Hay, A., CATE Araceae, 17 Dec 2011.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0