Chlorospatha Engl. sec CATE Araceae, 2009 urn:lsid:cate-araceae.org:taxon:5cab356f-6bfb-1014-a918-dc439151c9e5
E.von Regel 1878. Gartenflora. 97
Distinguishing Features
Small to medium terrestrial herbs with milky latex; Leaf blades cordate, sagittate to trisect or pedatisect, with submarginal collective vein, finer venation reticulate; peduncle very slender, supported by petiole sheath; flowers unisexual, perigone absent; male flower a truncate synandrium, pollen shed in tetrads. Differs from Xanthosoma in having a narrow, elongate spathe tube, stylar region thin, spreading, and often mantle-like, sterile flowers between male and female flowers usually irregular or fungiform (not prismatic).
Distribution
C. & W. South America.
