Urospatha
Genus of flowering plants
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Urospatha is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae that consists of 11 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]
| Urospatha | |
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| Urospatha sagittifolia[1] | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Araceae |
| Subfamily: | Lasioideae |
| Genus: | Urospatha Schott |
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Selected species
- Urospatha 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, Venezuela
