Urospatha
| Urospatha | |
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| Urospatha sagittifolia[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Araceae |
| Subfamily: | Lasioideae |
| Genus: | Urospatha Schott |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Urospatha is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae that consists of 11 known species. They are found growing in South America and Central America[2] in swamps, wet savannahs, and brackish water. The leaves of the species in this genus are upward pointing and sagittate (arrow-shaped). The inflorescences are quite unique; the spathe is mottled and elongated with a spiral twist at the end. The seeds are distributed by water and have a texture similar to cork that allows them to float. They also quickly germinate in water.[3][4][5][6]
Selected species[edit]
- Urospatha angustiloba Engl. - northwestern Brazil
- Urospatha antisylleptica R.E.Schult. - Colombia
- Urospatha caudata (Poepp.) Schott - Peru, northwestern Brazil
- Urospatha edwallii Engl. - southeastern Brazil
- Urospatha friedrichsthalii Schott - Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama
- Urospatha loefgreniana Engl. - central + southern Brazil
- Urospatha meyeri Schott - Suriname
- Urospatha riedeliana Schott - northeastern Brazil
- Urospatha sagittifolia (Rudge) Schott - Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas
- Urospatha somnolenta R.E.Schult. - Colombia
- Urospatha wurdackii (G.S.Bunting) A.Hay - Colombia, Venezuela
References[edit]
- ^ Schott (d. 1865) in Adolf Engler (d. 1930) - "Das Pflanzenreich" heft 48 (1911)
- ^ a b 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
- ^ Mayol, M., J. Bogner & P.C. Boyce. 1997. The Genera of Araceae i–xii, 1–370. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- ^ Bown, Demi (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-485-7.
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