Callopsis
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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 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.[1][2]
It grows at an altitude of Script error: No such module "convert". 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
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- ↑ Simon J. Mayo, Josef Bogner, Peter C. Boyce: The Genera of Araceae. Royal Botanic Gardens/Kew Publishing, London 1997, Template:ISBN (full-text as PDF-file; Continental Printing, Belgium 1997).
- ↑ Flora of Tropical Africa, 'Aroideae', Brown, N.E., 1901, 8 (1):137–192
- ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ 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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