Callopsis

Callopsis
Scientific classification Edit this 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.

Description

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.

Distribution and habitat

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

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ 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).
  3. ↑ Flora of Tropical Africa, 'Aroideae', Brown, N.E., 1901, 8 (1):137–192
  4. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  5. ↑ 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.