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(Redirected from Peltantheraceae) Genus of flowering plants For Peltanthera Roth, the flowering vines of Asia called breadflower, see Vallaris.

Peltanthera
D-G: Peltanthera floribunda D. Flower. E. Ovary. F/G. Anthers
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Gesneriaceae
Genus: Peltanthera
Benth.
Species: P. floribunda
Binomial name
Peltanthera floribunda
Benth. & Hook.f.
Synonyms

Of the genus:

  • Valerioa Standl. & Steyerm.

Of the species:

  • Peltanthera costaricensis (Standl. & Steyerm.) Cuatrec.
  • Valerioa costaricensis Standl. & Steyerm.

Peltanthera is a genus of flowering plants containing a single species, Peltanthera floribunda. The genus was originally placed in family Loganiaceae and has since been variously placed in Buddlejaceae, Scrophulariaceae, Gesneriaceae, or in its own family Peltantheraceae. In 2016, it was considered by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group to be unplaced in any family, but within the order Lamiales, while Christenhusz et al. in 2017 placed it in family Gesneriaceae as subfamily Peltantheroideae. The placement in Gesneriaceae was accepted by Plants of the World Online as of March 2024.

The plant is a tree with opposite leaf arrangement. The leaves are large and elliptic in shape. It has white fragrant flowers in a cymose inflorescence with trichotomous branches. The calyx and corolla each have five lobes, and there are five stamens. The two locules of the ovary each contain many seeds.

References

  1. ^ "Peltanthera floribunda Benth. & Hook.f." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
  2. ^ "Peltanthera Benth." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
  3. ^ Bentham, George & Hooker, Joseph Dalton, Genera Plantarum, vol. 2, Reeve & Co., p. 797
  4. The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 28 March 2015
  5. ^ Tropicos.org, retrieved 28 March 2015
  6. ITIS, retrieved 28 March 2015
  7. Eduardo Antonio Molinari-Novoa (2016), Two New Lamiid Families For The Americas (PDF), vol. 1, pp. 1–4, archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-06-10, retrieved 2016-05-17
  8. The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016), "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG IV", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 181 (1): 1–20, doi:10.1111/boj.12385
  9. Christenhusz, Maarten J.M.; Fay, Michael F.; Chase, Mark W. (2017). Plants of the World: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Vascular Plants. Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK: Kew Publishing and The University of Chicago Press. pp. 548–551. ISBN 9781842466360.
Taxon identifiers
Peltanthera
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