Callopsis

Taxobox


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regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Alismatales
familia = Araceae
genus = "Callopsis"
genus_authority = Engl.
species = "C. volkensii"
binomial = "Callopsis volkensii"
binomial_authority = 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 glaborous. The inflorescence is typical of the Araceae family, 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 convert|800|m|ft|0|lk=on|abbr=on in virgin forest in parts of Africa.

References

*Mayo, S.J., Bogner, J. & Boyce, P.C. (1997)
*Flora of Tropical Africa, 'Aroideae' ,Brown, N.E. ,1901, 8 (1):137-192

External links

*http://www.cate-araceae.org/taxon/Index.do?id=13677
*http://www.aroid.org/genera/generapage.php?genus=callopsis
*http://scratchpad.cate-araceae.org/taxonomy/term/754