Anthurieae (Tribe)

Overview

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Taxonomy

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The Tribe Anthurieae is a member of the Subfamily Pothoideae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Anthurieae:

Domain: Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
  - Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
    - Phylum: Tracheophyta Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
      - Subphylum: Euphyllophytina
        Infraphylum: Radiatopses Kenrick & Crane, 1997
        Class: Magnoliopsida Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
        Subclass: Aridae (Bartl., 1830) Takhtajan, 1997
        Superorder: Aranae (Dumortier, 1829) Thorne Ex Reveal, 1992
        Order: Alismatales Dumortier, 1829
        Family: Araceae (a-RAY-see-ee) Adans., 1763, nom. cons.
        Subfamily: Pothoideae
        Tribe: Anthurieae

The Tribe Anthurieae is further organized into finer groupings including:

Genus (1): Anthurium
Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2,066 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Tribe Anthurieae.

Genera

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Anthurium

Anthurium (; Schott, 1829), is a large genus of about 600?800 (possibly 1,000) species, belonging to the arum family (Araceae). Anthurium can also be called "Flamingo Flower" or "Boy Flower", both referring to the structure of the spathe and spadix. [more]

At least 2,066 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Anthurium.

More info about the Genus Anthurium may be found here.

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