Chrysothemis (plant)

Genus of flowering plants

Chrysothemis
Chrysothemis pulchella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Gesneriaceae
Genus: Chrysothemis
Decne. (1849)
Synonyms[1]
  • Skiophila Hanst. (1854)
  • Tussacia Rchb. ex Benth. (1846), nom. illeg.

Chrysothemis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae. It includes nine species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from southern Mexico and Cuba through Central America and northern South America to central Brazil.[1]

Species

Nine species are accepted.[1]

  • Chrysothemis adenosiphon (Leeuwenb.) M.M.Mora & J.L.Clark
  • Chrysothemis colonensis (Wiehler) M.M.Mora & J.L.Clark
  • Chrysothemis dichroa Leeuwenb.
  • Chrysothemis friedrichsthaliana (Hanst.) H.E.Moore
  • Chrysothemis kuhlmannii Hoehne
  • Chrysothemis melittifolia (L.) M.M.Mora & J.L.Clark
  • Chrysothemis panamensis (Seem.) M.M.Mora & J.L.Clark
  • Chrysothemis pulchella (Donn ex Sims) Decne.
  • Chrysothemis rupestris (Benth.) Leeuwenb.

References

  1. ^ a b c Chrysothemis Decne. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
Taxon identifiers
Chrysothemis
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