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 | |
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Anthurium oxycarpum growing in Ecuador | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Alismatales |
Family: | Araceae |
Genus: | Anthurium |
Species: | A. oxycarpum
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Binomial name | |
Anthurium oxycarpum Poepp.
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Synonyms | |
Anthurium strictum |
References
edit- ^ "Anthurium oxycarpum Poepp. in E.F.Poeppig & S.L.Endlicher, Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 3: 83 (1845).", World Checlist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ 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.
- ^ Bown, Deni (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. pp. 293–294. ISBN 978-0-88192-485-5.
- ^ 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.