Peltanthera

For Peltanthera Roth, the flowering vines of Asia called breadflower, see Vallaris.

Peltanthera
D-G: Peltanthera floribunda D. Flower. E. Ovary. F/G. Anthers
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Gesneriaceae
Genus: Peltanthera
Benth.[2]
Species:
P. floribunda
Binomial name
Peltanthera floribunda
Benth. & Hook.f.[1]
Synonyms

Of the genus:[2]

  • Valerioa Standl. & Steyerm.

Of the species:[1]

  • Peltanthera costaricensis (Standl. & Steyerm.) Cuatrec.
  • Valerioa costaricensis Standl. & Steyerm.

Peltanthera is a genus of flowering plants containing a single species, Peltanthera floribunda.[2] The genus was originally placed in family Loganiaceae[3] and has since been variously placed in Buddlejaceae,[4] Scrophulariaceae,[5] Gesneriaceae,[6] or in its own family Peltantheraceae.[5][7] In 2016, it was considered by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group to be unplaced in any family, but within the order Lamiales,[8] while Christenhusz et al. in 2017 placed it in family Gesneriaceae as subfamily Peltantheroideae.[9] The placement in Gesneriaceae was accepted by Plants of the World Online as of March 2024.[2]

The plant is a tree with opposite leaf arrangement.[3] The leaves are large and elliptic in shape. It has white fragrant flowers in a cymose inflorescence with trichotomous branches. The calyx and corolla each have five lobes, and there are five stamens. The two locules of the ovary each contain many seeds.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Peltanthera floribunda Benth. & Hook.f." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
  2. ^ a b c d "Peltanthera Benth." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
  3. ^ a b c Bentham, George & Hooker, Joseph Dalton, Genera Plantarum, vol. 2, Reeve & Co., p. 797
  4. ^ The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 28 March 2015
  5. ^ a b Tropicos.org, retrieved 28 March 2015
  6. ^ ITIS, retrieved 28 March 2015
  7. ^ Eduardo Antonio Molinari-Novoa (2016), Two New Lamiid Families For The Americas (PDF), vol. 1, pp. 1–4, archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-06-10, retrieved 2016-05-17
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference APGIV was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ Christenhusz, Maarten J.M.; Fay, Michael F.; Chase, Mark W. (2017). Plants of the World: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Vascular Plants. Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK: Kew Publishing and The University of Chicago Press. pp. 548–551. ISBN 9781842466360.