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Issue: Vol. 749 No. 1: 25 Mar. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-03-25
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.749.1.6
Page range: 87-94
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Anthurium comuneros, a new species of Sect. Calomystrium (Araceae) from Colombia

Maestría en ciencias biológicas, Universidad de la Amazonia, Calle 17 Diagonal 17 con Carrera 3F - Barrio Porvenir, Florencia, Colombia; Herbario Enrique Forero HUAZ, Grupo de Investigación en Botánica Uniamazonia, Universidad de la Amazonia, Calle 17 Diagonal 17 con Carrera 3F - Barrio Porvenir, Florencia, Caquetá, Colombia
Herbario UIS, Escuela de Biología, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Carrera 27, calle 9, Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia; Jardín Botánico del Magdalena, Vereda La Atarraya, Finca Los Achiles, Km. 31, La Dorada-San Miguel, Caldas, Colombia
Departamento de Biología, Universidad del Valle, Calle 13 # 100-00, Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
Araceae Montane Andean Forest Santander Department Monocots

Abstract

A new species of the genus Anthurium section Calomystrium (Araceae) is presented for Colombia. Anthurium comuneros López-Flor., Zuluaga & D. Sanín collected at Santander Department is most similar to A. andreanum Linden ex André, but differs by its rhizome length to 2 m long (vs 1 m long), petioles slightly and sharply sulcate (vs. teretes), peduncle 62−75 cm long (vs 25−45 cm long); and spathe pink to pale light red, ovate-elliptic, apex mucronate (vs bright red, cordate at the base, subrounded, apex long-acuminate). This species is categorized as endangered (EN) according to the conservation status.

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How to Cite

López-Floriano, O.M., Sanín, D. & Zuluaga, A. (2026) Anthurium comuneros, a new species of Sect. Calomystrium (Araceae) from Colombia. Phytotaxa 749 (1): 87–94. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.749.1.6