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Genus of flowering plants

Glossoloma
Glossoloma ichthyoderma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Gesneriaceae
Genus: Glossoloma
Hanst. (1853)

Glossoloma is a genus of Neotropical plants in the family Gesneriaceae. It includes 20 species which range from southern Mexico to Bolivia. The species in the genus were formerly placed in Alloplectus. They are subshrubs with the leaves clustered at the ends of branches, and tubular flowers.

Species

30 species are accepted.

References

  1. ^ Glossoloma Hanst. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  2. J. L. Clark (2005). "A monograph of Alloplectus (Gesneriaceae)". Selbyana. 25 (2): 182–209. JSTOR 41760463.
  3. Clark, J.L. (2009), "Systematics of Glossoloma (Gesneriaceae)", Systematic Botany Monographs, 88: 1–128, JSTOR 25592358
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Glossoloma
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