Chlorospatha

Chlorospatha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Subfamily: Aroideae
Tribe: Caladieae
Genus: Chlorospatha
Engl.
Synonyms[1]

Caladiopsis Engl.

Chlorospatha is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. Chlorospatha can be found from Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.[1][2]

The plants are usually found in shaded bogs and are notoriously difficult to cultivate. One of the species, C. kressii is currently believed to be extinct.[3]

Species
  • Chlorospatha amalfiensis Croat & L.P.Hannon – Antioquia region of Colombia
  • Chlorospatha antioquiensis Croat & L.P.Hannon – Antioquia region of Colombia
  • Chlorospatha atropurpurea (Madison) Madison – Ecuador
  • Chlorospatha besseae Madison – Ecuador
  • Chlorospatha betancurii Croat & L.P.Hannon – Antioquia region of Colombia
  • Chlorospatha bogneri Croat & L.P.Hannon – Ecuador, Colombia
  • Chlorospatha callejasii Croat & L.P.Hannon – Antioquia region of Colombia
  • Chlorospatha castula (Madison) Madison – Ecuador
  • Chlorospatha cogolloi Croat & L.P.Hannon – Antioquia region of Colombia
  • Chlorospatha corrugata Bogner & Madison – Antioquia region of Colombia
  • Chlorospatha croatiana Grayum – Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia
  • Chlorospatha cutucuensis Madison – Ecuador
  • Chlorospatha dodsonii (G.S.Bunting) Madison – Ecuador
  • Chlorospatha feuersteiniae (Croat & Bogner) Bogner & L.P.Hannon – Ecuador
  • Chlorospatha gentryi Grayum – Colombia
  • Chlorospatha hammeliana Grayum & Croat – Panama
  • Chlorospatha hastifolia Bogner & L.P.Hannon – Colombia
  • Chlorospatha ilensis Madison – Ecuador
  • Chlorospatha kolbii Engl. – Colombia
  1. Chlorospatha kressii Grayum – Chocó region of Colombia
  • Chlorospatha lehmannii (Engl.) Madison – Ecuador, Colombia
  • Chlorospatha longipoda (K.Krause) Madison – Ecuador
  • Chlorospatha luteynii Croat & L.P.Hannon – Antioquia region of Colombia
  • Chlorospatha macphersonii Croat & L.P.Hannon – Antioquia region of Colombia
  • Chlorospatha mirabilis (W.Bull) Madison – Panama, Colombia, Ecuador
  • Chlorospatha nicolsonii Croat & L.P.Hannon – Antioquia region of Colombia
  • Chlorospatha planadensis Croat & L.P.Hannon – Colombia
  • Chlorospatha ricaurtensis Croat & L.P.Hannon – Colombia

References

  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1-560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  3. ^ Bown, Demi (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-485-7.