Callopsis | |
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Conservation status | |
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification | |
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. |
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 glabrous. 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.
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.
References
- Eastern Arc Mountains & Coastal Forests CEPF Plant Assessment Project (2009). "Callopsis volkensii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T157964A5178371. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T157964A5178371.en. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
- 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).
- Flora of Tropical Africa, 'Aroideae', Brown, N.E., 1901, 8 (1):137–192
- 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.
External links
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110721145428/http://www.cate-araceae.org/taxonomy/Callopsis
- http://www.aroid.org/genera/generapage.php?genus=callopsis
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080430045028/http://scratchpad.cate-araceae.org/taxonomy/term/754
Taxon identifiers | |
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Callopsis | |
Callopsis volkensii |
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