Anthurium wendlingeri

Anthurium wendlingeri is a species of plant in the genus Anthurium found in Central and South America, from southeast Nicaragua to northwest Colombia.[1] It grows in wet tropical habitats as an epiphytic shrub with long, pendant leaves up to 7 feet (2.1 m) long that can have a slightly velvety appearance.[2]

Anthurium wendlingeri
A. wendlingeri in the Berlin Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum, showing its characterisic corkscrew-shaped mature infloresences
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Genus: Anthurium
Species:
A. wendlingeri
Binomial name
Anthurium wendlingeri
G.M.Barroso

A member of the section Porphyrochitonium,[3] A. wendlingeri is colloquially known as one of the "strap-leaved" Anthuriums, similar to Anthurium vittariifolium and Anthurium pendens, but it can be readily distinguished by its unique spiraling, corkscrew-like spadix.[4] Like many Anthurium, the species is somewhat variable and has some local varieties within its range. var. horichii, described by Croat, is found in Costa Rica.[5] The more common is subsp. wendlingeri, found across the main part of its range.[6]

References
  1. "Anthurium wendlingeri". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  2. Offolter, Enid (2022-05-31). Welcome to the Jungle: Rare Tropical Houseplants to Collect, Grow, and Love. Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed. p. 73. ISBN 978-1-9848-5995-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  3. Deni Bown (2000), Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family, Timber Press, p. 208, ISBN 978-0-88192-485-5
  4. Croat, Thomas 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): 211–416. doi:10.2307/2399049. ISSN 0026-6493.
  5. "Anthurium wendlingeri var. horichii". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  6. "Anthurium wendlingeri subsp. wendlingeri". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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