''Glossoloma'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
Neotropical
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone.
Definition
In bioge ...
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 ...
. The species in the genus were formerly placed in ''
Alloplectus
''Alloplectus'' is a genus of Neotropical plants in the family Gesneriaceae. A recent revision of the genus includes five species, with the majority of species in the genus as traditionally circumscribed being transferred to ''Crantzia
''Crant ...
''. They are
subshrub
A subshrub (Latin ''suffrutex'') or dwarf shrub is a short shrub, and is a woody plant. Prostrate shrub is a related term. "Subshrub" is often used interchangeably with "bush".Jackson, Benjamin, Daydon; A Glossary of Botanic Terms with their Der ...
s with the leaves clustered at the ends of branches, and tubular flowers.
Species
Species include:
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Glossoloma altescandens''
(Mansf.) J.L.Clark
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Glossoloma anomalum''
J.L.Clark
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Glossoloma baguense''
(L.E.Skog) J.L.Clark
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Glossoloma bicolor''
(Kunth) J.L.Clark
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Glossoloma bolivianum''
(Britton ex Rusby) J.L.Clark
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Glossoloma carpishense''
(J.L.Clark & I.Salinas) J.L.Clark
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Glossoloma chrysanthum''
(Planch. & Linden) J.L.Clark
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Glossoloma cucullatum''
(C.V.Montin) J.L.Clark
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