Anthurium (; Schott, 1829), is a genus of about 1000 species of flowering plants, the largest genus of the arum family, Araceae. General common names include anthurium, tailflower, flamingo flower, and laceleaf.The genus is native to the Americas, where it is distributed from northern Mexico to northern Argentina and parts of the Caribbean.Like most houseplants, Anthurium has been shown to help remove formaldehyde, xylene, and ammonia from household air. It was one of the plants cited as such in the NASA Clean Air Study.