Stauranthera
Genus of Gesneriaceae plants
| Stauranthera | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Gesneriaceae |
| Subfamily: | Didymocarpoideae |
| Genus: | Stauranthera Benth. (1835)[1] |
| Species | |
| See text | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Stauranthera is a genus of flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae, native to Bangladesh, the Nicobar Islands, Assam, the eastern Himalayas, south-central and southeast China (including Hainan), Southeast Asia, and Malesia to New Guinea.[2] It is very close morphologically and genetically to Loxonia.[3]
Species
Currently accepted species include:[2]
- Stauranthera argyrescens Hallier f.
- Stauranthera coerulea (Blume) Merr.
- Stauranthera floribunda F.Su, C.Y.Hao & K.Tan
- Stauranthera grandifolia Benth.
- Stauranthera ionantha Hallier f.
- Stauranthera novoguineensis B.L.Burtt
- Stauranthera parvifolia S.Moore
- Stauranthera umbrosa (Griff.) C.B.Clarke
References
- ^ Scroph. Ind.: 57 (1835)
- ^ a b c "Stauranthera Benth". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
- ^ Mayer, V.; Moller, M.; Perret, M.; Weber, A. (2003). "Phylogenetic position and generic differentiation of Epithemateae (Gesneriaceae) inferred from plastid DNA sequence data". American Journal of Botany. 90 (2): 321–329. doi:10.3732/ajb.90.2.321. PMID 21659123.
