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]
| Chlorospatha | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Araceae |
| Subfamily: | Aroideae |
| Tribe: | Caladieae |
| Genus: | Chlorospatha Engl. |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Caladiopsis Engl. | |
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
- †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
edit- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ 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.
- ^ Bown, Demi (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-485-7.
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