''Alsobia'' is a
genus
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of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants t ...
s 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), ...
, native to Mexico, Guatemala, and Costa Rica. It contains four species.
The species in the genus are
succulent
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and
stolon
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iferous
herb
In general use, herbs are a widely distributed and widespread group of plants, excluding vegetables and other plants consumed for macronutrients, with savory or aromatic properties that are used for flavoring and garnishing food, for medicina ...
s. They were previously included in the genus ''
Episcia,'' but recent molecular studies have supported the separation of ''Alsobia'' from ''Episcia''.
Species
*''
Alsobia dianthiflora'' (syn. ''Episcia dianthiflora'')
*''
Alsobia punctata'' (syn. ''Episcia punctata'')
*''Alsobia chiapensis''
*''Alsobia baroniae''
Further reading
*Wiehler, H. 1978. The genera ''Episcia'', ''Alsobia'', ''Nautilocalyx'', and ''Paradrymonia'' (Gesneriaceae). ''Selbyana'' 5: 11–60.
References
External links
''Alsobia''from th
Gesneriad Reference Web
from th
Gesneriad Reference Web
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Gesnerioideae
Flora of Costa Rica
Flora of Guatemala
Flora of Mexico
Gesneriaceae genera