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{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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|name = Bird's Nest Anthurium
|name = Bird's nest anthurium
|image = Anthurium hookeri.JPG
|image = Anthurium hookeri.JPG
|genus = Anthurium
|regnum = [[Plantae]]
|species = hookeri
|unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]]
|unranked_classis = [[Monocots]]
|authority = [[Kunth]]
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|ordo = [[Alismatales]]

|familia = [[Araceae]]
'''''Anthurium hookeri''''', commonly called a '''bird's nest anthurium''', is a species of flowering plant in the genus ''[[Anthurium]]''.<ref>{{cite POWO |id=84893-1 |title=
|genus = ''[[Anthurium]]''
Anthurium hookeri }}</ref> ''Anthurium hookeri'' possesses some unique features which include, short internodes, dense roots, and lanceolate cataphylls. The leaves have triangular to D-shaped petioles 2–9&nbsp;cm long, are rosulate, 10–26&nbsp;cm wide, 35–89&nbsp;cm long. The leaves exhibit a scalariforme venation and supervolute vernation. Covering the leaves are tiny black glandular punctuates. The berries produced by the plant are white.
|species = '''''A. hookeri'''''

|binomial = ''Anthurium hookeri''
Previously categorized in [[Anthurium sect. Pachyneurium]] which has superficially similar species, its colloquial name refers to the upright, nest-like appearance of its foliage. Specimens sold in the [[houseplant]] trade are almost always hybrids and not the species.
|binomial_authority = [[Kunth]]

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== References ==
'''''Anthurium hookeri''''', the '''Bird's Nest Anthurium''', is a species of flowering plant in the ''[[Anthurium]]'' genus. The specimens sold are almost always hybrids and not the species. ''Anthurium hookeri'' possesses some unique features which include, short internodes, dense roots, and lanceolate cataphylls. The leaves have triangular to D-shaped petioles 2–9&nbsp;cm long, are rosulate, 10–26&nbsp;cm wide, 35-89&nbsp;cm long. The leaves exhibit a scalariforme venation and supervolute vernation. Covering the leaves are tiny black glandular punctuates. The berries produced by the plant are white.
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{Commonscat-inline|Anthurium hookeri}}
*Exoticrainforest.com Anthurium hookeri-[http://www.exoticrainforest.com/Anthurium%20hookeri%20pc.html]

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[[Category:Anthurium|hookeri]]
[[Category:Anthurium|hookeri]]

Latest revision as of 05:28, 19 February 2023

Bird's nest anthurium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Genus: Anthurium
Species:
A. hookeri
Binomial name
Anthurium hookeri

Anthurium hookeri, commonly called a bird's nest anthurium, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Anthurium.[1] Anthurium hookeri possesses some unique features which include, short internodes, dense roots, and lanceolate cataphylls. The leaves have triangular to D-shaped petioles 2–9 cm long, are rosulate, 10–26 cm wide, 35–89 cm long. The leaves exhibit a scalariforme venation and supervolute vernation. Covering the leaves are tiny black glandular punctuates. The berries produced by the plant are white.

Previously categorized in Anthurium sect. Pachyneurium which has superficially similar species, its colloquial name refers to the upright, nest-like appearance of its foliage. Specimens sold in the houseplant trade are almost always hybrids and not the species.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Anthurium hookeri". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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