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Cyrtandra (plant)

Cyrtandra
Cyrtandra cyaneoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Gesneriaceae
Subfamily: Didymocarpoideae
Genus: Cyrtandra
J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. (1776)
Species

600+, see list

Synonyms[1]
  • Cinga Noronha (1790), nom. nud.
  • Cyrtandroidea F.Br. (1935)
  • Cyrtandropsis Lauterb. (1910)
  • Getonia Banks & Sol. ex Benn. (1840), nom. illeg.
  • Kyrtandra J.F.Gmel. (1791), orth. var.
  • Macuerus Rumph. ex Bosc (1803)
  • Protocyrtandra Hosok. (1934)
  • Rhynchocarpus Reinw. ex Blume (1823), not validly publ.
  • Whitia Blume (1823)

Cyrtandra (Neo-Latin, from Greek κυρτός, kyrtós, "curved", and ἀνήρ, anḗr, "male", in reference to their prominently curved stamens)[2] is a genus of flowering plants containing about 600 species,[3] with more being discovered often,[4] and is thus the largest genus in the family Gesneriaceae.[5] These plants are native to Southeast Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands, with the centre of diversity in Southeast Asia and the Malesian region.[5] The genus is common, but many species within it are very rare, localized, and endangered endemic plants.[4] The species can be difficult to identify because they are highly polymorphic and because they readily hybridize with each other.[3] The plants may be small herbs, vines, shrubs, epiphytes, or trees. The genus is characterized in part by having two stamens, and most species have white flowers, with a few red-, orange-, yellow-, and pink-flowered species known. Almost all species live in rainforest habitats.[4]

It is an example of a supertramp genus.[4]

Hawaiian Cyrtandra are known as ha‘iwale.[3]

Cyrtandra platyphylla

Species

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Main article: List of Cyrtandra species

Selected species include:

References

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  1. ^ Cyrtandra Forst. & G.Forst. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  2. ^ Weber, Anton; et al. (2007), "Cyrtandra", The Genera of Gesneriaceae (2nd ed.), Vienna{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link).
  3. ^ a b c Clermontia and Cyrtandra. DNA Barcoding Endemic Hawaiian Species Project. University of Hawaii, Hilo.
  4. ^ a b c d Quentin C. B. Cronk; Michael Kiehn; Warren L. Wagner; James F. Smith (2005). "Evolution of Cyrtandra (Gesneriaceae) in the Pacific Ocean: the origin of a supertramp clade". American Journal of Botany. 92 (6): 1017–1024. doi:10.3732/ajb.92.6.1017. JSTOR 4126079. PMID 21652486.
  5. ^ a b David H. Lorence; Steven Perlman (2007). "A new species of Cyrtandra (Gesneriaceae) from Hawai'i, Hawaiian Islands". Novon. 17 (3): 357–361. doi:10.3417/1055-3177(2007)17[357:ANSOCG]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 20406191. S2CID 86206807.

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