Chlorospatha

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

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
  1. Chlorospatha amalfiensis Croat & L.P.Hannon - Antioquia region of Colombia
  2. Chlorospatha antioquiensis Croat & L.P.Hannon - Antioquia region of Colombia
  3. Chlorospatha atropurpurea (Madison) Madison - Ecuador
  4. Chlorospatha besseae Madison - Ecuador
  5. Chlorospatha betancurii Croat & L.P.Hannon - Antioquia region of Colombia
  6. Chlorospatha bogneri Croat & L.P.Hannon - Ecuador, Colombia
  7. Chlorospatha callejasii Croat & L.P.Hannon - Antioquia region of Colombia
  8. Chlorospatha castula (Madison) Madison - Ecuador
  9. Chlorospatha cogolloi Croat & L.P.Hannon - Antioquia region of Colombia
  10. Chlorospatha corrugata Bogner & Madison - Antioquia region of Colombia
  11. Chlorospatha croatiana Grayum - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia
  12. Chlorospatha cutucuensis Madison - Ecuador
  13. Chlorospatha dodsonii (G.S.Bunting) Madison - Ecuador
  14. Chlorospatha feuersteiniae (Croat & Bogner) Bogner & L.P.Hannon - Ecuador
  15. Chlorospatha gentryi Grayum - Colombia
  16. Chlorospatha hammeliana Grayum & Croat - Panama
  17. Chlorospatha hastifolia Bogner & L.P.Hannon - Colombia
  18. Chlorospatha ilensis Madison - Ecuador
  19. Chlorospatha kolbii Engl. - Colombia
  20. †Chlorospatha kressii Grayum - Chocó region of Colombia
  21. Chlorospatha lehmannii (Engl.) Madison - Ecuador, Colombia
  22. Chlorospatha longipoda (K.Krause) Madison - Ecuador
  23. Chlorospatha luteynii Croat & L.P.Hannon - Antioquia region of Colombia
  24. Chlorospatha macphersonii Croat & L.P.Hannon - Antioquia region of Colombia
  25. Chlorospatha mirabilis (W.Bull) Madison - Panama, Colombia, Ecuador
  26. Chlorospatha nicolsonii Croat & L.P.Hannon - Antioquia region of Colombia
  27. Chlorospatha planadensis Croat & L.P.Hannon - Colombia
  28. Chlorospatha ricaurtensis Croat & L.P.Hannon - Colombia

References
  1. 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.


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