Anthurium scherzerianum

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Alismatales/Araceae/Anthurium

At a glance

Occurrence records176

Data sources9

Biological traits8

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections1

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Anthurium scherzerianum's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation8 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility176 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

On this page6 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources8 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF176 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD2 specimens

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 30

01Narrative

Anthurium scherzerianum, the flamingo flower or pigtail plant, is a species of Anthurium (family Araceae) native to Costa Rica. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as an ornamental houseplant, kept at or higher. It is naturally an epiphyte, growing on trees in the rainforest. A. scherzerianum typically reaches tall. Its most striking feature is its orange-red curly spadix. It produces shiny, lance-shaped leaves about long. Common pests include mealybugs, aphids, and soft scale. While often grown as a houseplant, it may be grown outdoors in the US in USDA hardiness zones 11 and 12. The leaves contain calcium oxalate crystals, making them poisonous if ingested. The sap of the leaves may also irritate skin.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPTRYGIFT

Life cycle & reproduction1

Life formsubshrub or epiphyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment6

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatewet tropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteobligatory

Growth formherb

Woodinessnon-woody

05DNA & barcoding2 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Anthurium scherzerianum has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens2

Marker genes2

eDNA detections1

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

★COI-5P★rbcL

animal barcodeplant barcode

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Anthurium scherzerianum carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.

Chromosomes2n = 30 n = 15

Ploidydiploid inferred

Chromosome records14–322n range30median30mode7records

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 305×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Sheffer, R. & T. Croat. 1983. Chromosome numbers in the genus Anthurium (Araceae) II. Amer. J. Bot. 70: 858–871.

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — SHEFFER, R. D. & H. Kamemoto. 1976. Chromosome numbers in the genus Anthurium. Amer. J. Bot. 63: 74 81.

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Chen, R. y., W. q. Song, X. l. Li, M. x. Li, G. l. Liang & C. b. Chen. 2003. Chromosome Atlas of Major Economic Plants Genome in China, Vol. 3, Chromosome Atlas of Garden Flowering Plants in China. Science Press, Beijing.

2n 141×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Subramanian, D. & M. Munian. 1988. Cytotaxonomical studies in south Indian Araceae. Cytologia 53: 59–66.

2n 321×CCDB · Cave1962

CCDB · Cave1962 — Tsuchiya & Takada 1962

Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources

diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale

PloiDB · genus-scale — chromEvol; reliability=1.000 ↗

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type176 records

Wild obs. + sensor43

Museum / vouchered129

Cultivated / captive1

Other3

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO312 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy48% within 1 km

≤100 m 9≤1 km 7≤10 km 1>10 km 16

33 georeferenced · 10 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor43

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy44% within 1 km

≤1 km 7≤10 km 8>10 km 1

16 georeferenced · 113 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence129

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 1 records without

Open the mapnot free-living1

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions13 of 20 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record	47
Saint Louis, US	35
San José, CR	7
Madison, US	5
Henry Brockhouse Collectionlocation not on record	5
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record	3
Bangkok, TH	3
South Kensington, GB	3
Bronx, US	3
Kew, GB	3
Denver, US	3
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record	2
St. Paul, US	2
Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d’Ivoirelocation not on record	1
Fort Worth, US	1
Vancouver, CA	1
Oskarshamn, SE	1
MAlocation not on record	1
Riverside, US	1
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record	1

20 institutions · 128 of 129 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Anthurium scherzerianum was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found1

Studies independent surveys1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 1 detections have coordinates

Open the map0 countries0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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