- Source: Anthurium hookeri
Anthurium hookeri, commonly called a bird's nest anthurium, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Anthurium. 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 the 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, not species.
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Media related to Anthurium hookeri at Wikimedia Commons
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Daftar Spesies Anthurium
- Anthurium hookeri
- List of Anthurium species
- William Jackson Hooker
- List of IUCN Red List Vulnerable plants
- List of near threatened plants
- List of plants of Atlantic Forest vegetation of Brazil
- List of data deficient plants
- List of critically endangered plants
- List of least concern plants
- List of Araceae genera
