''Pearcea'' is a
genus
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of
tropical
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herbaceous 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 ...
native to western South America. It is classified in tribe Gloxinieae and is closely related to the genus ''
Kohleria
''Kohleria'' is a New World genus of the flowering plant family Gesneriaceae. The plants are generally tropical herbs or subshrubs with velvety stems and foliage and brightly colored flowers with spots or markings in contrasting colors. They are ...
'', in which some of its species were previously included. The genus ''Parakohleria'' has recently been synonymized under ''Pearcea'', a conclusion later supported by molecular analyses that showed that ''Pearcea hypocyrtiflora'' was nested within the former Parakohlerias.
The best-known and most widely cultivated species is ''Pearcea hypocyrtiflora'', a low-growing herb with attractively marked leaves and unusual bubble-like red or orange flowers.
Species
Species include:
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Pearcea abunda
''Pearcea'' is a genus of tropical herbaceous plants in the family Gesneriaceae native to western South America. It is classified in tribe Gloxinieae and is closely related to the genus ''Kohleria'', in which some of its species were previously i ...
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(Wiehler) L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
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Pearcea bilabiata
''Pearcea bilabiata'' is a species of plant in the family Gesneriaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat
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L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
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Pearcea cordata
''Pearcea cordata'' is a species of plant in the family Gesneriaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat
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L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
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Pearcea glabrata''
L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
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Pearcea gracilis
''Pearcea gracilis'' is a species of plant in the family Gesneriaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat
In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area ...
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L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
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Pearcea grandifolia
''Pearcea'' is a genus of tropical herbaceous plants in the family Gesneriaceae native to western South America. It is classified in tribe Gloxinieae and is closely related to the genus ''Kohleria
''Kohleria'' is a New World genus of the flow ...
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L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
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Pearcea hispidissima
''Pearcea'' is a genus of tropical herbaceous plants in the family Gesneriaceae native to western South America. It is classified in tribe Gloxinieae and is closely related to the genus ''Kohleria'', in which some of its species were previously i ...
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(Wiehler) L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
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Pearcea intermedia
''Pearcea intermedia'' is a threatened species from Ecuador.
References
intermedia
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L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
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Pearcea hypocyrtiflora
''Pearcea hypocyrtiflora'' is a species of plant in the family Gesneriaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest
A forest is an area of land dominated by trees. Hundreds of def ...
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(Hook. f.) Regel
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Pearcea pileifolia
''Pearcea'' is a genus of tropical herbaceous plants in the family Gesneriaceae native to western South America. It is classified in tribe Gloxinieae and is closely related to the genus ''Kohleria'', in which some of its species were previously i ...
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J.L. Clark & L.E. Skog
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Pearcea purpurea
''Pearcea'' is a genus of tropical herbaceous plants in the family Gesneriaceae native to western South America. It is classified in tribe Gloxinieae and is closely related to the genus ''Kohleria'', in which some of its species were previously i ...
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(Poepp.) L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
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Pearcea reticulata
''Pearcea'' is a genus of tropical herbaceous plants in the family Gesneriaceae native to western South America. It is classified in tribe Gloxinieae and is closely related to the genus ''Kohleria'', in which some of its species were previously i ...
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(Fritsch) L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
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Pearcea rhodotricha
''Pearcea rhodotricha'' is a species of plant in the family Gesneriaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest
A forest is an area of land dominated by trees. Hundreds of defini ...
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(Cuatrec.) L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
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Pearcea schimpfii
''Pearcea schimpfii'' is a species of plant in the family Gesneriaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat
In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an are ...
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Mansf.
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Pearcea sprucei
''Pearcea sprucei'' is a species of 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 Didymoca ...
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(Britton) L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
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Pearcea strigosa
''Pearcea'' is a genus of tropical herbaceous plants in the family Gesneriaceae native to western South America. It is classified in tribe Gloxinieae and is closely related to the genus ''Kohleria'', in which some of its species were previously i ...
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L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
References
*Roalson, E.H., J.K. Boggan, L.E. Skog, & E.A. Zimmer. 2005. Untangling the Gloxinieae (Gesneriaceae). I. Phylogenetic patterns and generic boundaries inferred from nuclear, chloroplast, and morphological cladistic data sets. ''Taxon'' 54 (2): 389–410.
*Wiehler, H. 1978. ''Parakohleria'', a new South American genus in the Gesneriaceae. ''Selbyana'' 5(1): 4–10.
External links
Kvist, L.P. & L.E. Skog. 1996. Revision of ''Pearcea'' (Gesneriaceae). ''Smithsonian Contrib. Bot''. 84: 1-47 (pdf file).
Gesneriaceae genera
Taxa named by Eduard August von Regel
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