Callopsis

Callopsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): 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. 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.[1][2]

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.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Mayo, S.J., Bogner, J. & Boyce, P.C. (1997)
  2. ↑ Flora of Tropical Africa, 'Aroideae', Brown, N.E., 1901, 8 (1):137-192
  3. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ↑ 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.

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