''Smithiantha'', sometimes referred to as temple bells, is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

of flowering 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), wi ...

, endemic to southern

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

, primarily in

Oaxaca Oaxaca ( , also , , from nci, Huāxyacac ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca), is one of the 32 states that compose the political divisions of Mexico, Federative Entities of Mexico. It is ...

state.

Species

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Smithiantha amabilis ''Smithiantha'', sometimes referred to as temple bells, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae, endemic to southern Mexico, primarily in Oaxaca state. Species * '' Smithiantha amabilis'' (Decne.) Kuntze * ''Smithiantha cinnaba ...

'' (Decne.) Kuntze * ''

Smithiantha cinnabarina ''Smithiantha'', sometimes referred to as temple bells, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae, endemic to southern Mexico, primarily in Oaxaca state. Species * ''Smithiantha amabilis'' (Decne.) Kuntze * ''Smithiantha cinnabar ...

'' (Linden) Kuntze * ''

Smithiantha fulgida ''Smithiantha'', sometimes referred to as temple bells, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae, endemic to southern Mexico, primarily in Oaxaca state. Species * ''Smithiantha amabilis'' (Decne.) Kuntze * ''Smithiantha cinnabar ...

'' (Ortgies ex Van Houtte) Voss * '' Smithiantha × hyacinthina'' (Carrière) H.E. Moore * '' Smithiantha multiflora'' (M. Martens & Galeotti) Fritsch * '' Smithiantha punctata'' (M. Martens & Galeotti) Kuntze * '' Smithiantha secunda'' (Oerst. ex Hanst.) Kuntze * '' Smithiantha zebrina'' (Regel) Kuntze * '' Smithiantha zebrina'' var. ''geroltiana'' (Kunth & C.D. Bouché) Voss

References

The Plant List

Pacific Bulb Society
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