Name: Anthurium oxycarpum 'Giganteum', E.F.Poeppig & S.L.Endlicher.1845
Synonyms: Anthurium strictum, N.E.Br. ex Engl. 1879
Etymology: oxy = pointed
carpum = fruit
Origin: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Habitat: Epiphytic and lithophytic on the eastern side of the Andes, in humid and wet tropical forests at elevations of 100–300 m.
Notes: According to the original description, this species smells of vanilla during flowering to attract the right pollinator.
The specimen designated by Poeppig as the type specimen was collected in Brazil near Ega (now Tefé), which lies on the Río Solimões at the mouth of the Río Japurá. This herbarium specimen is now lost, and despite an exhaustive search, no duplicates could be found. Therefore, a second Poeppig collection from Yurimaguas in Peru, cited by Engler in his 1905 revision, is designated here as the lectotype. The enormous geographical distance should be noted.