Bellonia

Bellonia
Bellonia aspera botanical illustration
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Gesneriaceae
Subfamily: Gesnerioideae
Genus: Bellonia
L.[1]
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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]

  1. ^ Sp. Pl.: 172 (1753)
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference 329813-2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  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.