Gesneria cuneifolia

Gesneria cuneifolia

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Lamiales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Gesneriaceae
Subfamilia: Gesnerioideae
Tribus: Gesnerieae
Subtribus: Gesneriinae
Genus: Gesneria
Species: Gesneria cuneifolia

Name edit

Synonyms edit

  • Conradia cuneifolia DC., Prod. 7: 526 (1839)
  • Gesneria cuneifolia Moc. & Sessé, Fl. Mexico ed. 2, 144 (1894)
  • Gesneria portoricensis DC. ex Bello, Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 10: 288 (1881) nom. nud.
  • Pentaraphia cuneifolia (DC.) Hanst., Linnaea, 34: 1865 294 (1866)

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental Southern America
    • Regional: Caribbean
      • Puerto Rico

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References edit

Primary references edit

Additional references edit

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Govaerts, R.H.A. 2003. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [unavailable for the public] Reference page

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Vernacular names edit

العربية: غزنرة إسفينية الأوراق
English: yerba parrera


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