Callopsis

Callopsis is a monotypic genus from the plant family Araceae and has only one species, Callopsis volkensii. This plant forms a creeping rhizome and has cordate-ovate leaves that are medium green and glaborous. The inflorescence is typical of the family Araceae, with a white spathe and yellow spadix. The spadix is shorter than the spathe and its male and female flowers are separated shortly.[1][2]

Callopsis
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Subfamily: Aroideae
Tribe: Callopsideae
Genus: Callopsis
Engl.
Species:
C. volkensii
Binomial name
Callopsis volkensii
Engl.

It grows at an altitude of 800 m (2,625 ft) in virgin forest in parts of eastern Africa (Kenya and Tanzania). There have been reports of the species in Cameroon, but these remain unconfirmed.[3][4]

References
  1. Simon J. Mayo, Josef Bogner, Peter C. Boyce: The Genera of Araceae. Royal Botanic Gardens/Kew Publishing, London 1997, ISBN 1-900347-22-9 (full-text as PDF-file; Continental Printing, Belgium 1997).
  2. Flora of Tropical Africa, 'Aroideae', Brown, N.E., 1901, 8 (1):137–192
  3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. 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.


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