Spathicarpa

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Spathicarpa hastifolia - Berlin Botanical Garden - IMG 8718.JPG

|image_caption = Spathicarpa hastifolia

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|taxon = Spathicarpa

|authority = Hook.

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|synonyms = Aropsis Rojas Acosta[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/21774#page/167/mode/1up Aropsis]

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Spathicarpa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae, all of which are endemic to South America.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=193113 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families] Spathicarpa species are notable for the fact that the entirety of their spadix is fused to the spathe. The genus is believed to be closely related to Spathantheum. The tribe Spathicarpeae is named after the genus Spathicarpa.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.Bown, Demi (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. {{ISBN|0-88192-485-7}}.Croat, T. B. & D. Mount. 1988. Araceae. [11:] 1–46. In G. F. Bocquet & M. R. Crosby (eds.) Flora del Paraguay. Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques de la Ville de Genève & Missouri Botanical Garden, Geneva & St. Louis