''Anthurium'' sect. ''Porphyrochitonium'' is a section within the genus '' Anthurium'', which comprises about 250 species. Plants of this section are typified by ''

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''. The most definitive feature of the section is a large, bright red spathe. Other than this distinction, it shares nearly every other characteristic with section '' Urospadix''. Anthuriums that belong to ''Porphyrochitonium'' are generally delicate in appearance, bearing slender stems with short internodes and elongated, non- cordate leaf blades which are glandular-punctate on at least one surface. There are one or more well-defined collective veins, and the berries generally have three seeds. Distribution of the section is from

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to Peru, with the highest concentration of species in

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References

*https://web.archive.org/web/20070618153147/http://www.aroid.org/genera/Anthurium/anthsections07.html Porphyrochitonium Plant sections {{Anthurium-stub