Araceae
Anthurium

Anthurium gracile (Rudge) Lindl.

First published in Edwards's Bot. Reg. 19: t. 1635 (1834)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Trinidad to Central & S. Tropical America. It is an epiphytic subshrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Dominican Republic, Leeward Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • 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.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Stevens, W.D., Ulloa U., C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666. Missouri Botanical Garden.

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

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2023). https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.589.2.4. epublication.
  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.

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
  • 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.
  • 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?
Nov 18, 2004 Haigh, A.L.; Mayo, S.J.; Andrade, I. [72] French Guiana K000099803 No
Nov 18, 2004 Haigh, A.L.; Mayo, S.J.; Andrade, I. [75] French Guiana K000099806 No
Jan 1, 1975 André, E.F. [2431] Colombia K000434200 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1975 André, E.F. [2431] Colombia K000061671 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1975 André, E.F. [2431] Colombia K000434199 Type Yes
Lewis, G.P.; Milliken, W. [1681] Brazil K001239413 Yes
Spruce, R. [1129] Brazil K001239420 Yes
Vazquez, R. [754] K002086200 Yes
Grubb, P.; Coomes, D. [491] Brazil K002469391 Yes
Souza, G.M. [95] Brazil K001239424 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Colombia K002086185 Yes
Davidse, G.; Gonzalez, A.C.; León, R.A. [18483] K002086208 Yes
s.coll. [333] K002087571 Yes
Harley, R.M. [11198] Brazil K001239410 Yes
{H. H. van der Werff; González, A.} [4657] K002086209 Yes
Rojas, A.; Peña, A.; Correa, M. [658] K002086203 Yes
Brown, N.E. [s.n.] K002087563 Yes
Phillips, B.R. [198] Dominican Republic K002469119 Yes
Moore, L. [0169] K002086188 Yes
Lister [476] K002086206 Yes
Mexia, Y. [6252a] K002086187 Yes
Feuillet, C. [1581] Guyana K002469393 Yes
Grubb, P.J.; Whitmore, T.C.; Lloyd, J.R.; Pennington, T.D. [1564] K002086196 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Guyana K002087566 Yes
Menezes, E. [53] Brazil K001239423 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G.; Rodrigues, W.A. [8380] K002086171 Yes
Moore, L. [0173] K002086191 Yes
Croat, T. [s.n.] K002087565 Yes
Solomon, J.C. [7367] K002086174 Yes
Prance, G.T. [10290] Brazil K001239408 Yes
Schultes, R.E.; Black, G.A. [8453] K002086180 Yes
Davidse, G.; Gonzalez, A.C.; León, R.A. [18830] K002086207 Yes
Plowman, T.C.; Kennedy, H.; Lasso, P. [2250] K002086178 Yes
{Jean-Jacques de Granville; Berg, C.C.; Jansen-Jacobs, M.; J. van Setten} [5879] Guyana K002469400 Yes
Brown, N.E. [s.n.] K002087564 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [9800] Brazil K001239421 Yes
Cremers, G. [8684] Guyana K002469399 Yes
Holton, I.F. [221] Colombia K002086181 Yes
Oliveira, J. [17] Brazil K001239418 Yes
Candolle, D.; Holton [s.n.] K002086182 Yes
Philcox, D. [7759] Trinidad and Tobago K002469139 Yes
Barrier, S. [ N° 1077] K002086204 Yes
Moore, L. [0171] K002086189 Yes
Grubb, P.J.; Whitmore, T.C.; Lloyd, J.R.; Pennington, T.D. [1564] K002086197 Yes
[Rothery] [51] French Guiana K002469398 Yes
s.coll. [334] K002087572 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [10083] Brazil K001239422 Yes
Solomon, J. [3294] K002086199 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Colombia K002086184 Yes
Hutchison, P.C.; Kenneth Wright, J.; Croat, T. [3704] K002086201 Yes
{Jean-Jacques de Granville; Cremers, G.; Hagemann, I.; Leuenberger, B.; Sanders, R.} [10584] Guyana K002469402 Yes
Bogner [931] K002086205 Yes
Moore, L. [0170] K002086192 Yes
Milliken, W.; Bowles, S. [232] Brazil K001239415 Yes
Madison, M.T.; Kennedy, H.A.; Monteiro, O.; Braga, P.I.S. [6036] Brazil K001239405 Yes
Bunting, G.S. [13.044] K002086212 Yes
Williams, R.S. [535] K002086172 Yes
Thomas, W. [4737] Brazil K001239416 Yes
Klug, G. [4377] K002086186 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [6776] Brazil K001239407 Yes
Harley, R.M. [11163] Brazil K001239417 Yes
Plowman, T.C. [2026] K002086179 Yes
Grubb, P.; Coomes, D. [490] K002086169 Yes
Martin, R.; Plowman, T.C.; Lau-Cam, C. [1628] K002086193 Yes
Feuillet, C. [279] Guyana K002469395 Yes
Talbot, H.F. [s.n.] Guyana K002469396 Yes
Lewis, G.P. [1681] Brazil K001239412 Yes
Schunke, J. [9619] K002086198 Yes
Mayo, S.J. [[2000-2845]] United States K002087570 Yes
{Jean-Jacques de Granville; Berg, C.C.; Jansen-Jacobs, M.; J. van Setten} [6587] Guyana K002469401 Yes
[L. Giraud] [1148] Guyana K002469397 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [9800] Brazil K001239419 Yes
Young, K.; Eisenberg, M. [313] K002086202 Yes
de Granville [6834] Guyana K002469394 Yes
Prance, G.T. [10886] Brazil K001239414 Yes
Lleras, E.; Steward, W.C.; Ongley, J.C.; Coelho, D.F.; Ramos, J.F.; Lima, J.F. [P17103] Brazil K001239406 Yes
Vargas C, I.G. [6541] K002086173 Yes
Bogner [930] K002086177 Yes
Davidse, G.; Gonzalez, A.C.; León, R.A. [18830] K002086211 Yes
Lewis, G.P. [1681] Brazil K001239411 Yes
Moore, L. [0172] K002086190 Yes
Neg, N.Y.B. [344] Brazil K002469392 Yes
Solomon, J.C. [6432] K002086170 Yes
Harley, R.M. [20314] Brazil K001239409 Yes
Lewis, G.P.; Merino, B.; Aguirre, N. [3452] K002086195 Yes
Lewis, G.P.; Merino, B.; Aguirre, N. [3452] K002086194 Yes
Trujillo, B. [8816] K002086210 Yes
Poiteau [s.n.] Anthurium gracile var. poiteanum K000434173 Type Yes
Evemy; Burgess [115] Guyana Anthurium scolopendrinum K:SPC-36034.000 No
Wood, G. [83] Trinidad and Tobago Anthurium scolopendrinum K:SPC-36115.000 No
Harley, R.M. [11163] Brazil Anthurium scolopendrinum K:SPC-07512.000 No
Philcox; Kalloo [7114] Trinidad and Tobago Anthurium scolopendrinum K:SPC-49794.000 No
Harley, R.M. [11198] Brazil Anthurium scolopendrinum K:SPC-36043.000 No
Evemy Anthurium scolopendrinum K:SPC-36011.000 No
Philcox, D. [7114] Trinidad and Tobago Anthurium scolopendrinum K:SPC-36022.000 No

Sources

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    • 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

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    • 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

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