Bertolonia Houttea

''Bertolonia'' is a genus consisting of 14 species of pretty, dwarf, creeping, tender perennials, native to tropical South America. These herbaceous plants are grown for their colorful, velvety, ornamental foliages, vary from shimmery white with purple, pink with purple, or bronze-green with carmine and lighter midribs, purple beneath. Leaves are coarsely hairy, oval 7 cm (3 in) long on short stalks. The plants bear clusters of small, bell-shaped flowers repeatedly, just above the leaves, color ranges from pink, red, yellow to purple.

Species

*''Bertolonia argyrea''
*''Bertolonia guttata''
*'' Bertolonia houttea''
*'' Bertolonia maculata''
*'' Bertolonia marmorata''
*'' Bertolonia mosenii''
*'' Bertolonia sp iporanga''
*'' Bertolonia venezuelensis''
*'' Bertolonia wentii''

References

Botanica_Sistematica

BACCI, L.F., MICHELANGELI, F.A. & GOLDENBERG, R. 2019. Revisiting the classification of Melastomataceae: implications for habit and fruit evolution. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 190: 1-24. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boz006

Melastomataceae genera
Melastomataceae

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