Bellonia

Bellonia
	Bellonia aspera botanical illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Gesneriaceae
Subfamily:	Gesnerioideae
Tribe:	Gesnerieae
Genus:	Bellonia; L.[1]
Species
	See text

Bellonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae, native to Cuba and Hispaniola.[2] They have floral characters suggesting that they are buzz pollinated.[3]

Species

Currently accepted species include:[2]

Bellonia aspera L.
Bellonia spinosa Sw.

References

Sp. Pl.: 172 (1753)
"Bellonia L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
Clark, John L.; Roalson, Eric H.; Pritchard, Ross A.; Coleman, Cassandra L.; Teoh, View-Hune; Matos, Jesús (2011). "Independent Origin of Radial Floral Symmetry in the Gloxinieae (Gesnerioideae: Gesneriaceae) is Supported by the Rediscovery of Phinaea pulchella in Cuba". Systematic Botany. 36 (3): 757–767. doi:10.1600/036364411X583709. S2CID 86676772.

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[1] Sp. Pl.: 172 (1753)

[329813-2-2] "Bellonia L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2020.

[3] Clark, John L.; Roalson, Eric H.; Pritchard, Ross A.; Coleman, Cassandra L.; Teoh, View-Hune; Matos, Jesús (2011). "Independent Origin of Radial Floral Symmetry in the Gloxinieae (Gesnerioideae: Gesneriaceae) is Supported by the Rediscovery of Phinaea pulchella in Cuba". Systematic Botany. 36 (3): 757–767. doi:10.1600/036364411X583709. S2CID 86676772.