Name: Anthurium oxycarpum 'No. 2', 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 slopes of the Andes, in moist and wet tropical forests at altitudes of 100-300m.
Notes: According to the original description, this species smells like vanilla during flowering to attract the right pollinator.
The specimen designated by Poeppig as the type specimen was collected in Brazil at Ega (now Tefe), which is located on the Solimoes River at the mouth of the Japura River. This herbarium is now lost and despite a thorough search no duplicates could be found. Therefore, a second Poeppig collection from Yurimaguas in Peru, cited by Engler in his revision of 1905, is designated here as the lectotype.
In doing so, the enormous geographical distance must be taken into account.