''Callopsis'' is a
monotypic
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genus from the plant family
Araceae
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and has only one species, ''Callopsis volkensii''. This plant forms a creeping
rhizome and has
cordate
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* Cordate (leaf shape), in plants
* Cordate axe, a prehistoric stone tool
See also
* Chordate
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ovate
Ovate may refer to:
* Ovate (egg-shaped) leaves, tepals, or other botanical parts
*Ovate, a type of prehistoric stone hand axe
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leaves that are medium green and
glaborous. The
inflorescence
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is typical of the family Araceae, with a white
spathe
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and yellow
spadix. The spadix is shorter than the spathe and its male and female flowers are separated shortly.
It grows at an altitude of in
virgin forest
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in parts of eastern
Africa
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(
Kenya
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and
Tanzania
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). There have been reports of the species in
Cameroon
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, but these remain unconfirmed.
[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.]
References
External links
*https://web.archive.org/web/20110721145428/http://www.cate-araceae.org/taxonomy/Callopsis
*http://www.aroid.org/genera/generapage.php?genus=callopsis
*https://web.archive.org/web/20080430045028/http://scratchpad.cate-araceae.org/taxonomy/term/754
Aroideae
Monotypic Araceae genera
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