Rhodospatha

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Alismatales

Familia: Araceae
Subfamilia: Monsteroideae
Genus: Rhodospatha
Species: R. acosta-solisii – R. arborescens – R. badilloi – R. bolivarana – R. boliviensis – R. brachypoda – R. brent-berlinii – R. cardonae – R. densinervia – R. dissidens – R. falconensis – R. forgetii – R. guasareensis – R. herrerae – R. katipas – R. kraenzlinii – R. latifolia – R. monsalveae – R. moritziana – R. mukuntakia – R. oblongata – R. pellucida – R. perezii – R. piushaduka – R. robusta – R. statutii – R. steyermarkii – R. venosa – R. wendlandii
Name

Rhodospatha Poepp. in E.F.Poeppig & S.L.Endlicher, Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 3: 91 (1845)
Type species: Rhodospatha latifolia Poepp. in E.F.Poeppig & S.L.Endlicher, Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 3: 91 (1845)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Anepsias Schott, Gen. Aroid.: t. 73 (1858)
Atimeta Schott, Gen. Aroid.: t. 71 (1858)

References

Poeppig, E.F. 1845. Nova Genera ac Species Plantarum 3: 91.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Rhodospatha in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Nov. 15. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2014. Rhodospatha. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 14 2014.
Tropicos.org 2014. Rhodospatha. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Nov. 15.

Rhodospatha is a genus of plant in family Araceae. It is native to South America, Central America, and southern Mexico.[2][3][4][5][6]
Species

Rhodospatha acosta-solisii Croat - Peru
Rhodospatha arborescens Temponi & Croat - Minas Gerais
Rhodospatha badilloi G.S.Bunting - Venezuela
Rhodospatha bolivarana G.S.Bunting - Bolívar State of southeastern Venezuela
Rhodospatha boliviensis Engl. & K.Krause - Bolivia
Rhodospatha brachypoda G.S.Bunting - Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, the Guianas
Rhodospatha brent-berlinii Croat - Peru
Rhodospatha cardonae G.S.Bunting - Amazonas State of southern Venezuela
Rhodospatha densinervia Engl. - Colombia, Ecuador
Rhodospatha dissidens Sodiro - Ecuador
Rhodospatha falconensis G.S.Bunting - Falcón State of northwestern Venezuela
Rhodospatha forgetii N.E.Br. - Costa Rica
Rhodospatha guasareensis G.S.Bunting - Colombia, Zulia State of northwestern Venezuela
Rhodospatha herrerae Croat & P.Huang - Colombia
Rhodospatha katipas Croat - Peru
Rhodospatha kraenzlinii Sodiro - Ecuador
Rhodospatha latifolia Poepp. - Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana
Rhodospatha monsalveae Croat & D.C.Bay - Valle del Cauca in Colombia
Rhodospatha moritziana Schott - Costa Rica, Panama, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela
Rhodospatha mukuntakia Croat - Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia
Rhodospatha oblongata Poepp. - Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas
Rhodospatha pellucida Croat & Grayum - Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Colombia
Rhodospatha perezii G.S.Bunting - northwestern Venezuela
Rhodospatha piushaduka Croat - Peru
Rhodospatha robusta Sodiro - Ecuador
Rhodospatha statutii Sodiro - Ecuador
Rhodospatha steyermarkii G.S.Bunting - Sucre State of northeastern Venezuela
Rhodospatha venosa Gleason - northwestern Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas
Rhodospatha wendlandii Schott - Tabasco, Central America, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela

References

Adolf Engler (d. 1930) - "Das Pflanzenreich" heft 37 (1908)
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.
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
Nelson, C. H. 2008. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Honduras 1–1576. Secretaria de Recursos Naturales y Ambiente, Tegucigalpa
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.