Chlorospatha Explained

Chlorospatha is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. Chlorospatha can be found from Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.^{[1] [2]}

The plants are usually found in shaded bogs and are notoriously difficult to cultivate. One of the species, C. kressii is currently believed to be extinct.^[3]

Species

1. Chlorospatha amalfiensis Croat & L.P.Hannon - Antioquia region of Colombia
2. Chlorospatha antioquiensis Croat & L.P.Hannon - Antioquia region of Colombia
3. Chlorospatha atropurpurea (Madison) Madison - Ecuador
4. Chlorospatha besseae Madison - Ecuador
5. Chlorospatha betancurii Croat & L.P.Hannon - Antioquia region of Colombia
6. Chlorospatha bogneri Croat & L.P.Hannon - Ecuador, Colombia
7. Chlorospatha callejasii Croat & L.P.Hannon - Antioquia region of Colombia
8. Chlorospatha castula (Madison) Madison - Ecuador
9. Chlorospatha cogolloi Croat & L.P.Hannon - Antioquia region of Colombia
10. Chlorospatha corrugata Bogner & Madison - Antioquia region of Colombia
11. Chlorospatha croatiana Grayum - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia
12. Chlorospatha cutucuensis Madison - Ecuador
13. Chlorospatha dodsonii (G.S.Bunting) Madison - Ecuador
14. Chlorospatha feuersteiniae (Croat & Bogner) Bogner & L.P.Hannon - Ecuador
15. Chlorospatha gentryi Grayum - Colombia
16. Chlorospatha hammeliana Grayum & Croat - Panama
17. Chlorospatha hastifolia Bogner & L.P.Hannon - Colombia
18. Chlorospatha ilensis Madison - Ecuador
19. Chlorospatha kolbii Engl. - Colombia
20. †Chlorospatha kressii Grayum - Chocó region of Colombia
21. Chlorospatha lehmannii (Engl.) Madison - Ecuador, Colombia
22. Chlorospatha longipoda (K.Krause) Madison - Ecuador
23. Chlorospatha luteynii Croat & L.P.Hannon - Antioquia region of Colombia
24. Chlorospatha macphersonii Croat & L.P.Hannon - Antioquia region of Colombia
25. Chlorospatha mirabilis (W.Bull) Madison - Panama, Colombia, Ecuador
26. Chlorospatha nicolsonii Croat & L.P.Hannon - Antioquia region of Colombia
27. Chlorospatha planadensis Croat & L.P.Hannon - Colombia
28. Chlorospatha ricaurtensis Croat & L.P.Hannon - Colombia

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=39452 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. Bown, Demi (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. .