''Epithema''
[von Blume CL (1826) ''Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.'' 14: 737.] is a genus of plants 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 ...
and
subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoologi ...
Didymocarpoideae
The Didymocarpoideae are a subfamily of plants in the family Gesneriaceae. It was formerly the subfamily Cyrtandroideae. This subfamily consists mostly of tropical and subtropical Old World genera, found in Africa, Asia and the Pacific. One spec ...
. Species distribution records are mostly from western
tropical
The tropics are the regions of Earth surrounding the Equator. They are defined in latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the Northern Hemisphere at N and the Tropic of Capricorn in
the Southern Hemisphere at S. The tropics are also referred to ...
Africa to Uganda, tropical and subtropical Asia.
Species
The
Catalogue of Life
The Catalogue of Life is an online database that provides an index of known species of animals, plants, fungi, and microorganisms. It was created in 2001 as a partnership between the global Species 2000 and the American Integrated Taxonomic Info ...
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Epithema benthamii''
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Epithema brunonis''
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Epithema calcicola''
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Epithema carnosum''
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Epithema dentatum
''Epithema''von Blume CL (1826) ''Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.'' 14: 737. is a genus of plants in the family Gesneriaceae and subfamily Didymocarpoideae. Species distribution records are mostly from western tropical Africa to Uganda, tropical and subtr ...
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Epithema difforme''
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Epithema dolichopodum''
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Epithema horsfieldii''
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Epithema involucratum
''Epithema''von Blume CL (1826) ''Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.'' 14: 737. is a genus of plants in the family Gesneriaceae and subfamily Didymocarpoideae. Species distribution records are mostly from western tropical Africa to Uganda, tropical and subtr ...
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Epithema longipetiolatum''
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Epithema longitubum''
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Epithema madulidii''
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Epithema membranaceum''
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Epithema parvibracteatum''
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Epithema rennellense''
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Epithema sarawakense''
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Epithema saxatile''
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Epithema steenisii''
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Epithema strigosum''
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Epithema taiwanense''
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Epithema tenerum''
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Epithema tenue''
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Epithema zeylanicum''
References
External links
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{{Taxonbar, from=Q9297084
Gesneriaceae genera
Didymocarpoideae