Anthurium cubense
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| Anthurium cubense | |
|---|---|
| Fruit | |
| At the Brooklyn Botanic Garden | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Araceae |
| Genus: | Anthurium |
| Species: | A. cubense |
| Binomial name | |
| Anthurium cubense | |
Anthurium cubense is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae, native to southeastern Mexico, Central America, Cuba, Colombia, and Venezuela.[1] A large species, it is occasionally kept as a hothouse specimen or as a house plant.[2] With Anthurium pendulifolium, it is a parent of the 'Big Bill' hybrid cultivar, with leaves exceeding 10 ft (3 m).[3]