Surname: Anthurium clavigerum, Poepp. & Final. 1845
Synonyms: Anthurium burchellianum, (Engl.) JFMacbr. 1931
Anthurium clavigerum var. subpedatipartitum, Engl. 1905
Anthurium holtonianum, Schott 1857
Anthurium holtonianum var. cohaerens Engl. 1905
Anthurium kalbreyeri, Mast. 1881
Anthurium monsterioides, Steyerm. 1951
Anthurium sylvatica, Gleason 1929
Anthurium panduratum, Mart. 1855
Anthurium panduratum, Mart. ex Schott 1855
Anthurium panduratum var. burchellianum, Eng. 1905
Anthurium sylvestris, Schott 1857
Anthurium sylvestris, Schott 1858
etymology: clavigerum = club-bearing
Reproduction: Division
Origin: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela
Location: This species grows epiphytically and hemiepiphytically at altitudes of 30-1500m, in dark, moist mountain forests. Terrestrial growing plants are mostly found near rivers.
Notes: The following varieties of this species are generally
recognized: Anthurium clavigerum var. corazaense Croat, Carrascal & Herazo, Novon 27(3): 151 (2019).
Anthurium clavigerum var. subpedatipartitum Engl., plant no. (Engler) 4, Fam. 23b: 280 (1905).
The shape and quantity of the leaves changes as the plant ages.