Chlorospatha

thumb | right | Chlorospatha lehmannii Chlorospatha is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. Chlorospatha can be found from Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

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. 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