Araceae
Anthurium

Anthurium scherzerianum Schott

First published in Oesterr. Bot. Wochenbl. 7: 54 (1857)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Costa Rica. It is a subshrub or epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Costa Rica

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.

Kew Species Profiles

  • Bown, D. (2000). Aroids: plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press.
  • Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Mabberley, D.J. (2008). Mabberley's Plant-Book. A Portable Dictionary of Plants, their Classification and Uses. 3rd Ed. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

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

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nilsson, V. [471] Costa Rica K002468938 Yes
Liesner, R.; Judziewicz, E. [14615] Costa Rica K002468939 Yes
Costa Rica K000434364 Unknown Type Material Yes
Engler, A. [161] Guatemala K002468937 Yes
[G. W. Hayward] [s.n.] K002087967 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002087974 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002087970 Yes
[James Veitch & Son] [s.n.] K002087971 Yes
Costa Rica K000434365 Type Yes
[Jenan]; Sahi [951] Iraq K002087969 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002087972 Yes
[G. W. Hayward] [s.n.] K002087966 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000434362 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Costa Rica K000434366 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002087975 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000434363 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002087968 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002087976 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002087973 Yes
Ballestero, C. [19] Costa Rica K002468941 Yes
Goméz, L.D.; Herrera, G.; Berrocal, J. [23582] Costa Rica K002468940 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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • 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 2025. 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 2025. 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 Species Profiles

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