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
  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. ^ 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.


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