Alloplectus

Alloplectus is a genus of Neotropical plants in the flowering plant 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, Glossoloma, and Drymonia.[1]

Alloplectus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Gesneriaceae
Genus: Alloplectus
Mart.
Species

5, see text

Species

  • Alloplectus aquatilis C.V. Morton
  • Alloplectus hispidus (Kunth) Mart.
  • Alloplectus inflatus J.L. Clark & L.E. Skog
  • Alloplectus tessmannii Mansf.
  • Alloplectus weirii (Kuntze) Wiehler

Transferred species

References

  1. J. L. Clark (2005). "A monograph of Alloplectus (Gesneriaceae)". Selbyana. 25 (2): 182–209. JSTOR 41760463.


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