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Codonanthopsis Caribaea
''Codonanthopsis caribaea'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Gesneriaceae Gesneriaceae, the gesneriad family, is a family of flowering plants consisting of about 152 genera and ca. 3,540 species in the tropics and subtropics of the Old World (almost all Didymocarpoideae) and the New World (most Gesnerioideae), with .... This species is native to Guadeloupe to North Venezuela, and is a epiphyte and mainly grows in wet tropical biomes. ''Codonanthopsis caribaea'', along with other species in its genus, was first published in 2013. References Gesnerioideae {{Gesneriaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chautems
Alain Chautems is research associate at the Geneva "Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève, Switzerland. He specialized in some of the most diverse Gesneriaceae of Brazil (the Nematanthus/Codonanthe and Sinningia ''Sinningia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae. It is named after Wilhelm Sinning (1792–1874), a gardener of the Botanische Gärten der Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. There are about 65 species of tuberous her .../Vanhouttea/Paliavana genera complexes, respectively). Until 2016, he was researcher and curator at the Conservatory and Botanical Garden of the City of Geneva. Selected publications * Arzolla, F.A.R.D.P., Paula, G.C.R., Chautems, A. & Shepherd, G. J. (2007). O primeiro registro de Sinningia gigantifolia Chautems (Gesneriaceae) no estado de São Paulo - SP (Nota científica). Biota Neotropica 7(3): 373-377 (publication online). www.biotaneotropica.org.br * Chautems, A. (1984) Nematanthus austra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gesneriaceae
Gesneriaceae, the gesneriad family, is a family of flowering plants consisting of about 152 genera and ca. 3,540 species in the tropics and subtropics of the Old World (almost all Didymocarpoideae) and the New World (most Gesnerioideae), with a very small number extending to temperate areas. Many species have colorful and showy flowers and are cultivated as ornamental plants. Etymology The family name is based on the genus ''Gesneria'', which honours Swiss naturalist and humanist Conrad Gessner. Description Most species are herbaceous perennials or subshrubs but a few are woody shrubs or small trees. The phyllotaxy is usually opposite and decussate, but leaves have a spiral or alternate arrangement in some groups. As with other members of the Lamiales the flowers have a (usually) zygomorphic corolla whose petals are fused into a tube and there is no one character that separates a gesneriad from any other member of Lamiales. Gesneriads differ from related families of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
