| Dorcoceras | |
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| Dorcoceras hygrometrica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Gesneriaceae |
| Subfamily: | Didymocarpoideae |
| Genus: | Dorcoceras Bunge |
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Dorcoceras is a genus of flowering plants in the African violet family Gesneriaceae, native to Assam, Southeast Asia, China and central Malesia. Its species were transferred from the genus Boea in 2016.
D. hygrometrica is considered a resurrection plant and its genome has been sequenced to study desiccation tolerance.
Species
Currently accepted species include:
- Dorcoceras brunneum C.Puglisi
- Dorcoceras geoffrayi (Pellegr.) C.Puglisi
- Dorcoceras glabrum C.Puglisi
- Dorcoceras hygrometrica Bunge
- Dorcoceras philippense (C.B.Clarke) Schltr.
- Dorcoceras wallichii (R.Br.) C.Puglisi
References
- Enum. Pl. China Bor.: 54 (1833)
- Puglisi, Carmen; Yao, Tze Leong; Milne, Richard; Möller, Michael; Middleton, David J. (2016). "Generic recircumscription in the Loxocarpinae (Gesneriaceae), as inferred by phylogenetic and morphological data". Taxon. 65 (2): 277–292. doi:10.12705/652.5. hdl:20.500.11820/695626ba-ab62-4b4a-963a-9249015ba212.
- Xiao, Lihong; Yang, Ge; Zhang, Liechi; Yang, Xinhua; Zhao, Shuang; Ji, Zhongzhong; Zhou, Qing; Hu, Min; Wang, Yu; Chen, Ming; Xu, Yu; Jin, Haijing; Xiao, Xuan; Hu, Guipeng; Bao, Fang (2015-05-05). "The resurrection genome of Boea hygrometrica : A blueprint for survival of dehydration". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112 (18): 5833–5837. Bibcode:2015PNAS..112.5833X. doi:10.1073/pnas.1505811112. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 4426394. PMID 25902549.
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| Dorcoceras | |