Anthurium spectabile
| Anthurium spectabile | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Araceae |
| Genus: | Anthurium |
| Species: | A. spectabile
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| Binomial name | |
| Anthurium spectabile Schott
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Anthurium spectabile is an herbaceous rainforest plant of the family Araceae native to Costa Rica. It is notable for its huge oblong-lanceolate blade, or lamina up to five feet (1.5 meters) or more in length plus a stalk, or petiole up to twenty inches (fifty cm) long.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Bown, Deni (2000). Aroids - Plants of the Arum Family. Portland: Timber Press. pp. 208 plus Plate 19 with caption. ISBN 978-1-60469-201-3.