Cyrtandra | |
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Cyrtandra cyaneoides | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Gesneriaceae |
Subfamily: | Didymocarpoideae |
Genus: |
Cyrtandra J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. |
Species | |
600+, see list |
Cyrtandra ( Neo-Latin, from Greek κυρτός, kyrtós, "curved", and ἀνήρ, anḗr, "male", in reference to their prominently curved stamens) [1] is a genus of flowering plants containing about 600 species, [2] with more being discovered often, [3] and is thus the largest genus in the family Gesneriaceae. [4] These plants are native to Southeast Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands, with the centre of diversity in Southeast Asia and the Malesian region. [4] The genus is common, but many species within it are very rare, localized, and endangered endemic plants. [3] The species can be difficult to identify because they are highly polymorphic and because they readily hybridize with each other. [2] The plants may be small herbs, vines, shrubs, epiphytes, or trees. The genus is characterized in part by having two stamens, and most species have white flowers, with a few red-, orange-, yellow-, and pink-flowered species known. Almost all species live in rainforest habitats. [3]
It is an example of a supertramp genus. [3]
Hawaiian Cyrtandra are known as ha‘iwale. [2]
Selected species include:
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Cyrtandra | |
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Cyrtandra cyaneoides | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Gesneriaceae |
Subfamily: | Didymocarpoideae |
Genus: |
Cyrtandra J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. |
Species | |
600+, see list |
Cyrtandra ( Neo-Latin, from Greek κυρτός, kyrtós, "curved", and ἀνήρ, anḗr, "male", in reference to their prominently curved stamens) [1] is a genus of flowering plants containing about 600 species, [2] with more being discovered often, [3] and is thus the largest genus in the family Gesneriaceae. [4] These plants are native to Southeast Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands, with the centre of diversity in Southeast Asia and the Malesian region. [4] The genus is common, but many species within it are very rare, localized, and endangered endemic plants. [3] The species can be difficult to identify because they are highly polymorphic and because they readily hybridize with each other. [2] The plants may be small herbs, vines, shrubs, epiphytes, or trees. The genus is characterized in part by having two stamens, and most species have white flowers, with a few red-, orange-, yellow-, and pink-flowered species known. Almost all species live in rainforest habitats. [3]
It is an example of a supertramp genus. [3]
Hawaiian Cyrtandra are known as ha‘iwale. [2]
Selected species include:
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citation}}
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link).