Porphyrochitonium is a section within the aroid genus Anthurium which comprises about 250 species.

Plants of this section are typified by A. scherzerianum, or the 'pig’s-tail' anthurium.

The most definitive feature of the section is a large, bright red spathe.

Species of Anthurium belonging to Porphyrochitonium are generally more "delicate" in appearance, bearing slender stems with short internodes and elongated, non-cordate, often strap-like leaf blades (such as A. wendlingeri), which are glandular-punctate on at least one surface; depending on species, inflorescences may be unremarkable in appearance, with one or more well-defined collective veins.

Distribution of this section is from Costa Rica to Peru, with the highest concentration of species found in Colombia.