Callopsis is a monotypic genus from the plant family Araceae and has only one species, Callopsis volkensii.
Description This plant forms a creeping rhizome and has cordate-ovate leaves that are medium green and glabrous. The inflorescence is typical of the family Araceae, with a white spathe and yellow spadix. The spadix is shorter than the spathe and its male and female flowers are separated shortly.Simon J. Mayo, Josef Bogner, Peter C. Boyce: The Genera of Araceae. Royal Botanic Gardens/Kew Publishing, London 1997, (full-text as PDF-file; Continental Printing, Belgium 1997).Flora of Tropical Africa, 'Aroideae', Brown, N.E., 1901, 8 (1):137–192
Distribution and habitat It grows at an altitude of in virgin forest in parts of eastern Africa (Kenya and Tanzania). There have been reports of the species in Cameroon, but these remain unconfirmed.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesGovaerts, 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.
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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