''Sinningia canastrensis'' is a
tuber
Tubers are a type of enlarged structure used as storage organs for nutrients in some plants. They are used for the plant's perennation (survival of the winter or dry months), to provide energy and nutrients for regrowth during the next growing ...
ous member of the
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 ...
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 ...
. It is found in Brazil.
References
Further reading
*SanMartin‐Gajardo, I., and M. Sazima. "Non‐Euglossine Bees also Function as Pollinators of Sinningia Species (Gesneriaceae) in Southeastern Brazil."Plant Biology 6.4 (2004): 506-512.
*Camargo, Eduardo, Licléia da Cruz Rodrigues, and Andréa Cardoso Araujo. "Pollination biology and reproduction of Seemannia sylvatica (Kunth) Hanstein (Gesneriaceae) in the Serra da Bodoquena National Park, Mato Grosso do Sul." Biota Neotropica 11.4 (2011): 125–130.
External links
canastrensis
Flora of Brazil
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