Urospatha is a genus of flowering plants in the familyAraceae that consists of approximately 10 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]
^Schott (d. 1865) in Adolf Engler (d. 1930) - "Das Pflanzenreich" heft 48 (1911)
^ abKew 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.
urospatha, genus, flowering, plants, family, araceae, that, consists, approximately, known, species, they, found, growing, south, america, central, america, swamps, savannahs, brackish, water, leaves, species, this, genus, upward, pointing, sagittate, arrow, s. Urospatha is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae that consists of approximately 10 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 UrospathaUrospatha sagittifolia 1 Scientific classificationKingdom PlantaeClade TracheophytesClade AngiospermsClade MonocotsOrder AlismatalesFamily AraceaeSubfamily LasioideaeGenus UrospathaSchottSynonyms 2 Urophyllum K Koch 1857 illegitimate homonym not Jack ex Wall 1824 Urospathella G S BuntingUrospatha grandis habitUpper spathe and leaves of Urospatha sagittifoliaSelected species EditUrospatha 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 VenezuelaReferences 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 amp 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 especies Flora do Brasil http floradobrasil jbrj gov br 2010 Jardim Botanico do Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Mayol M J Bogner amp 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 nbsp This Araceae related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Urospatha amp oldid 1013868041, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
