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''Lesia'' is a genus 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 th ...
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), wi ...
, subfamily
Gesnerioideae The Gesnerioideae are a subfamily of plants in the family Gesneriaceae: based on the type genus ''Gesneria''. Although genera typically originate in the New World, some species have become widely distributed as ornamental plants. Description Ges ...
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Species

, Plants of the World Online accepted two species: *'' Lesia savannarum'' (C.V.Morton) J.L.Clark & J.F.Sm. *'' Lesia tepuiensis'' G.E.Ferreira & Chautems


References

Gesnerioideae Gesneriaceae genera {{Gesneriaceae-stub