Anaphyllopsis Explained

Anaphyllopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to northern South America.^{[1] [2] [3]}

The genus was created in 1988 by Hay in order to account for the differences of Cyrtosperma americanum from other Cyrtosperma species. The decision was to create a genus named Anaphyllopsis and rename Cyrtosperma americanum as Anaphyllopsis americanum. Two other species from the Amazon were subsequently added, Anaphyllopsis pinnata and Anaphyllopsis cururuana. The leaves of Anaphyllopsis are characteristic of being pinnate. Anaphyllopsis is quite similar in appearance to the genus Anaphyllum.^{[4] [5] [6]}

Species

1. Anaphyllopsis americanum (Engl.) A.Hay - northern Brazil, Guyana, French Guiana
2. Anaphyllopsis cururuana A.Hay - northern Brazil
3. Anaphyllopsis pinnata A.Hay - Amazonas State in southern Venezuela

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=8691 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. Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L. Kelloff. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 1–584
4. A.Hay, Aroideana 11: 25-31. (1989).
5. Bown, Demi (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. .
6. Hay, A. (1988). Cyrtosperma (Araceae) and its Old World allies. Blumea 33: 427-46