''Chlorospatha'' is a

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of flowering plants in the

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Araceae The Araceae are a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants in which flowers are borne on a type of inflorescence called a spadix. The spadix is usually accompanied by, and sometimes partially enclosed in, a spathe (or leaf-like bract). Also ...

. ''Chlorospatha'' can be found from

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, and

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/ref> The plants are usually found in shaded bogs and are notoriously difficult to cultivate. One of the species, ''C. kressii'' is currently believed to be extinct.Bown, Demi (2000). ''Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family''. Timber Press. . ;Species #'' Chlorospatha amalfiensis'' Croat & L.P.Hannon - Antioquia region of Colombia #'' Chlorospatha antioquiensis'' Croat & L.P.Hannon - Antioquia region of Colombia #'' Chlorospatha atropurpurea'' (Madison) Madison - Ecuador #'' Chlorospatha besseae'' Madison - Ecuador #'' Chlorospatha betancurii'' Croat & L.P.Hannon - Antioquia region of Colombia #'' Chlorospatha bogneri'' Croat & L.P.Hannon - Ecuador, Colombia #'' Chlorospatha callejasii'' Croat & L.P.Hannon - Antioquia region of Colombia #'' Chlorospatha castula'' (Madison) Madison - Ecuador #'' Chlorospatha cogolloi'' Croat & L.P.Hannon - Antioquia region of Colombia #'' Chlorospatha corrugata'' Bogner & Madison - Antioquia region of Colombia #'' Chlorospatha croatiana'' Grayum - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia #'' Chlorospatha cutucuensis'' Madison - Ecuador #'' Chlorospatha dodsonii'' (G.S.Bunting) Madison - Ecuador #'' Chlorospatha feuersteiniae'' (Croat & Bogner) Bogner & L.P.Hannon - Ecuador #'' Chlorospatha gentryi'' Grayum - Colombia #'' Chlorospatha hammeliana'' Grayum & Croat - Panama #'' Chlorospatha hastifolia'' Bogner & L.P.Hannon - Colombia #'' Chlorospatha ilensis'' Madison - Ecuador #'' Chlorospatha kolbii'' Engl. - Colombia #†'' Chlorospatha kressii'' Grayum - Chocó region of Colombia #'' Chlorospatha lehmannii'' (Engl.) Madison - Ecuador, Colombia #'' Chlorospatha longipoda'' (K.Krause) Madison - Ecuador #'' Chlorospatha luteynii'' Croat & L.P.Hannon - Antioquia region of Colombia #'' Chlorospatha macphersonii'' Croat & L.P.Hannon - Antioquia region of Colombia #'' Chlorospatha mirabilis'' (W.Bull) Madison - Panama, Colombia, Ecuador #'' Chlorospatha nicolsonii'' Croat & L.P.Hannon - Antioquia region of Colombia #'' Chlorospatha planadensis'' Croat & L.P.Hannon - Colombia #'' Chlorospatha ricaurtensis'' Croat & L.P.Hannon - Colombia

References

Aroideae Araceae genera Taxa named by Adolf Engler {{Araceae-stub