Rhodospatha Explained

Rhodospatha is a genus of plant in family Araceae. It is native to South America, Central America, and southern Mexico.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Species

1. Rhodospatha acosta-solisii Croat - Peru
2. Rhodospatha arborescens Temponi & Croat - Minas Gerais
3. Rhodospatha badilloi G.S.Bunting - Venezuela
4. Rhodospatha bolivarana G.S.Bunting - Bolívar State of southeastern Venezuela
5. Rhodospatha boliviensis Engl. & K.Krause - Bolivia
6. Rhodospatha brachypoda G.S.Bunting - Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, the Guianas
7. Rhodospatha brent-berlinii Croat - Peru
8. Rhodospatha cardonae G.S.Bunting - Amazonas State of southern Venezuela
9. Rhodospatha densinervia Engl. - Colombia, Ecuador
10. Rhodospatha dissidens Sodiro - Ecuador
11. Rhodospatha falconensis G.S.Bunting - Falcón State of northwestern Venezuela
12. Rhodospatha forgetii N.E.Br. - Costa Rica
13. Rhodospatha guasareensis G.S.Bunting - Colombia, Zulia State of northwestern Venezuela
14. Rhodospatha herrerae Croat & P.Huang - Colombia
15. Rhodospatha katipas Croat - Peru
16. Rhodospatha kraenzlinii Sodiro - Ecuador
17. Rhodospatha latifolia Poepp. - Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana
18. Rhodospatha monsalveae Croat & D.C.Bay - Valle del Cauca in Colombia
19. Rhodospatha moritziana Schott - Costa Rica, Panama, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela
20. Rhodospatha mukuntakia Croat - Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia
21. Rhodospatha oblongata Poepp. - Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas
22. Rhodospatha pellucida Croat & Grayum - Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Colombia
23. Rhodospatha perezii G.S.Bunting - northwestern Venezuela
24. Rhodospatha piushaduka Croat - Peru
25. Rhodospatha robusta Sodiro - Ecuador
26. Rhodospatha statutii Sodiro - Ecuador
27. Rhodospatha steyermarkii G.S.Bunting - Sucre State of northeastern Venezuela
28. Rhodospatha venosa Gleason - northwestern Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas
29. Rhodospatha wendlandii Schott - Tabasco, Central America, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=178190 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. Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
4. Nelson, C. H. 2008. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Honduras 1–1576. Secretaria de Recursos Naturales y Ambiente, Tegucigalpa
5. Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., R. D. C. Ortiz, R. Callejas Posada & M. Merello. (eds.) 2011. Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 9–939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.