Biology:Spathicarpa

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Spathicarpa
Spathicarpa hastifolia - Berlin Botanical Garden - IMG 8718.JPG
Spathicarpa hastifolia
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Subfamily: Aroideae
Tribe: Spathicarpeae
Genus: Spathicarpa
Hook.
Synonyms[1]

Aropsis Rojas Acosta[2]

Spathicarpa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae, all of which are endemic to South America.[1] Spathicarpa species are notable for the fact that the entirety of their spadix is fused to the spathe. The genus is believed to be closely related to Spathantheum. The tribe Spathicarpeae is named after the genus Spathicarpa.[3][4][5]

Species

  1. Spathicarpa gardneri Schott - Brazil
  2. Spathicarpa hastifolia Hook. - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, northeastern Argentina
  3. Spathicarpa lanceolata Engl. - Paraguay, southern Brazil

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Aropsis
  3. 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.
  4. Bown, Demi (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. ISBN:0-88192-485-7.
  5. Croat, T. B. & D. Mount. 1988. Araceae. [11:] 1–46. In G. F. Bocquet & M. R. Crosby (eds.) Flora del Paraguay. Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques de la Ville de Genève & Missouri Botanical Garden, Geneva & St. Louis

Wikidata ☰ Q5223687 entry