''Heteropsis'' is a

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of plants in the

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Araceae, native to

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and

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.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.

Species

* '' Heteropsis boliviana'' Rusby - Bolivia * '' Heteropsis croatii'' M.L.Soares - Peru, northwestern Brazil * '' Heteropsis duckeana'' M.L.Soares - northwestern Brazil * '' Heteropsis ecuadorensis'' Sodiro - Ecuador * ''

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'' ( Kunth) G.S.Bunting - Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, northwestern Brazil * '' Heteropsis linearis''

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- Peru, northwestern Brazil * '' Heteropsis longispathacea''

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- northwestern Brazil * '' Heteropsis macrophylla''

- Amazonas State of northwestern Brazil * '' Heteropsis melinonii'' (

) A.M.E.Jonker & Jonker - Venezuela, the Guianas * '' Heteropsis oblongifolia'' Kunth - Central America, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil * '' Heteropsis peruviana'' K.Krause - Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, northwestern Brazil * '' Heteropsis rigidifolia''

- southeastern Brazil * '' Heteropsis robusta'' (G.S.Bunting) M.L.Soares - Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, northwestern Brazil * '' Heteropsis salicifolia'' Kunth - eastern Brazil * '' Heteropsis spruceana'' Schott - Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Ecuador, northwestern Brazil * '' Heteropsis steyermarkii'' G.S.Bunting - Colombia, Venezuela, French Guinea, Peru, northwestern Brazil * '' Heteropsis tenuispadix'' G.S.Bunting - Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Peru, Bolivia, northwestern Brazil

References

External links

''Heteropsis''
on theplantlist.org
CATE ''Heteropsis'' page
Monsteroideae Araceae genera {{Araceae-stub