Alloplectus
Encyclopedia
Alloplectus is a genus
of Neotropical plant
s 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
.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of Neotropical plant
Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
s in the flowering plant
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Gesneriaceae
Gesneriaceae
Gesneriaceae is a family of flowering plants consisting of ca. 150 genera and ca. 3,200 species in the Old World and New World tropics and subtropics, with a very small number extending to temperate areas. Many species have colorful and showy flowers and are cultivated as ornamental plants.Most...
. A recent revision of the genus includes five species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
, with the majority of species in the genus as traditionally circumscribed being transferred to Crantzia, Glossoloma, and Drymonia
Drymonia
This article is about the moth genus Drymonia; for the plant genus Drymonia see Gesneriaceae.Drymonia is a genus of moths of the Notodontidae family...
.
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
- Alloplectus herthae = Glossoloma herthaeGlossoloma herthaeGlossoloma herthae is a plant species in the family Gesneriaceae. A recent review has moved it out of the genus Alloplectus.It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....
- Alloplectus martinianus = Glossoloma martinianumGlossoloma martinianumGlossoloma martinianum is a plant species in the family Gesneriaceae. A recent review has moved it out of the genus Alloplectus.It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....
- Alloplectus penduliflorus = Glossoloma penduliflorumGlossoloma penduliflorumGlossoloma penduliflorum is a plant species in the family Gesneriaceae. A recent review has moved it out of the genus Alloplectus.It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....
- Alloplectus tetragonus = Glossoloma tetragonum
External links
- Alloplectus in A. Weber & L. E. Skog 2007, Genera of Gesneriaceae.