Anthurium pluricarinatum Camelo, Temponi, Baumgratz & Nadruz 2023
Creators: name: Camelo, Mel C.
name: Temponi, Lívia G.
name: Coelho, Marcus A. N.
name: Baumgratz, José F. A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Alismatales
Araceae
Anthurium
Anthurium pluricarinatum

description: Key to A. pluricarinatum and morphologically similar species
1. Cataphylls persisting as a reticulum of fibers, hairlike; peduncle less than 2× longer than spadix; spadix longer than peduncle...... ........................................................................................................................................................................................ A. plowmanii
- Cataphylls with other fibers, not hairlike; peduncle more than 2× longer than spadix; spadix shorter than peduncle......................2
2. Petiole semilunar or obtrapezoidal, sulcate adaxially with acute margins, abaxially ribbed or obtuse; leaf blade with sharply wavy margins; inflorescence erect; spadix cylindric, clavate to rarely tapered...........................................................................................3
- Petiole subcircular, sulcate to canaliculate adaxially with obtuse margins, abaxially obtuse; leaf blade non–wavy or with slightly wavy margins; inflorescence pendent; spadix tapered .......................................................................................................................5
3. Petiole semilunar, sulcate adaxially with acute margins, abaxially surface 3–6-ribbed; spadix cylindric, greenish-vinaceous to purple at anthesis ..................................................................................................................................................... A. pluricarinatum
- Petiole obtrapezoidal ..........................................................................................................................................................................4
4. Leaf blade lanceolate to oblong; concolor; inflorescence shorter than half of the adult leaves; spadix tapered, green, gray-brown to purple at anthesis ....................................................................................................................................................... A. paraguayense
- Leaf blade elliptic to obovate; discolor; inflorescence longer than half of the adult leaves; spadix cylindric to clavate, yellowish-greenish to yellowish at anthesis ............................................................................................................................................ A. affine
5. Leaf blade up to 20 cm wide, narrowly lanceolate; spathe yellowish to greenishon both surfaces, striated at margins; spadix <10 cm long, lilac, with stipe 0.3–2.5 cm long.................................................................................................................... A. santaritense
- Leaf blade wider than 21 cm, elliptic or obovate; spathe lilac adaxially, greenish abaxially to vinaceous or brownish on both surfaces, absent striations at margins; spadix ≥ 9.5 cm long, vinaceous or brownish, sessile or stipe with 0.4 cm long..................6
6. Peduncle greenish, smooth (never ribbed); spathe lilac on adaxial surface, greenish on abaxial surface; spadix sessile or stipitate ca. 0.4 cm long; pollen yellowish; berries vinaceous at the base, purple at apex; seeds cream............................................. A. leonii
- Peduncle vinaceous to brownish, smooth or 1-ribbed; spathe vinaceous to brownish on both surfaces; spadix sessile; pollen whitish; berries entirely vinaceous; seeds yellowish..................................................................................................................... A. solitarium
description: Published as part of Camelo, Mel C., Temponi, Lívia G., Coelho, Marcus A. N. & Baumgratz, José F. A., 2023, Taxonomic updates in Anthurium sect. Pachyneurium (Araceae) from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, pp. 109-125 in Phytotaxa 599 (2) on page 114, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.599.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/8008955