Anthurium oxycarpum is a species of flowering plant in the genus Anthurium.[1] It can be found in Central and South America from southeast Colombia to Bolivia and northern Brazil. One of the "birds nest" Anthurium species, it grows terrestrially. In its native land, the dried leaves–which smell fragrantly like vanilla and musk when dried–are sometimes smoked or used as snuff.[2][3][4]

Anthurium oxycarpum
Anthurium oxycarpum growing in Ecuador
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Genus: Anthurium
Species:
A. oxycarpum
Binomial name
Anthurium oxycarpum
Poepp.
Synonyms

Anthurium strictum

References

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  1. ^ "Anthurium oxycarpum Poepp. in E.F.Poeppig & S.L.Endlicher, Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 3: 83 (1845).", World Checlist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Plowman, Timothy (1969). "Folk Uses of New World Aroids". Economic Botany. 23 (2): 97–122. Bibcode:1969EcBot..23...97P. doi:10.1007/BF02860613. ISSN 0013-0001. JSTOR 4253029. S2CID 7701228.
  3. ^ Bown, Deni (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. pp. 293–294. ISBN 978-0-88192-485-5.
  4. ^ Lewin, Louis (1998). Phantastica: A Classic Survey on the Use and Abuse of Mind-Altering Plants. Inner Traditions / Bear & Co. p. 263. ISBN 978-0-89281-783-2.