Peltanthera

For Peltanthera Roth, the flowering vines of Asia called breadflower, see Vallaris.
Peltanthera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Gesneriaceae
Genus: Peltanthera
Species: P. floribunda
Binomial name
Peltanthera floribunda
Benth.
Synonyms[1]
  • Peltanthera costaricensis (Standl. & Steyerm.) Cuatrec.
  • Valerioa costaricensis Standl. & Steyerm.

Peltanthera is a genus of flowering plants containing a single species, P. floribunda. The genus was originally placed in family Loganiaceae[2] and has since been variously placed in Buddlejaceae,[3] Scrophulariaceae,[4] and Gesneriaceae.[5]

The plant is a tree with opposite leaf arrangement.[2] 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.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 Bentham, George and Hooker, Joseph Dalton, Genera Plantarum 2, Reeve & Co., p. 797
  3. ↑ The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 28 March 2015
  4. ↑ Tropicos.org, retrieved 28 March 2015
  5. ↑ ITIS, retrieved 28 March 2015
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