Open-access Taxonomic study of Anthurium sect. Pachyneurium (Schott) Engl. (Araceae) from Brazil

We present a taxonomic study of Anthurium sect. Pachyneurium (Schott) Engl. from Brazil, encompassing 20 accepted species, ten of which are endemic from this country. The species were identified based on analyses of vegetative and reproductive characters from material collected in the field, in cultivation and from herbaria. Section Pachyneurium is circumscribed by having a short stem, a rosulate habit, generally coriaceous, elliptical to obovate leaf blades, primary lateral veins usually free (eucamptodromous nervation), and thickened, as well as by having involute prefoliation. An identification key, nomenclatural revisions, morphological descriptions, taxonomic comments, geographic distribution, and habitat notes are presented.

Keywords:
Alismatales; endemism; nomenclature; Pothoideae; taxonomy

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