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Anthurium andreanum (Flamingo lily, Oilcloth flower)

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Alismatales > Family: Araceae > Genus: Anthurium

Anthurium andreanum, under cultivation in Cape Town garden. [photos H.G. Robertson, Iziko ©]

 

Native to Colombia and Ecuador.Cultivated in southern Africa, normally as an indoor plant.