Gesneria ventricosa

Gesneria ventricosa

Taxonavigation

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 ventricosa
Subspecies: G. v. subsp. cymosa

Name

• Gesneria ventricosa Sw., 1788

Homonyms

• Gesneria ventricosa Hanst. = Kohleria hirsuta (Kunth) Regel

Synonyms

• Conradia ventricosa (Sw.) Mart. ex G.Don, Nov. Gen. et Sp. 3: 38 (1838)
• Conradia ventricosa var. angustior DC., Prodr. 7(2): 525 (1839)
• Gesneria angustior (DC.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 473 (1891)
• Gesneria herminieri (Decne.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 473 (1891)
• Gesneria lindleyana (Decne.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 473 (1891)
• Gesneria longiflora (Lindl.) Baill., Hist. Pl. 10: 59 (1888)
• Gesneria montana (Decne.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 473 (1891)
• Gesneria ventricosa f. montana (Decne.) Stehlé, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 109: 31 (1962)
• Gesneria ventricosa f. obovata (Urb.) Stehlé, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 109: 31 (1962)
• Gesneria ventricosa f. ovata (Urb.) Stehlé, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 109: 31 (1962)
• Gesneria ventricosa var. obovata Urb., Symb. Antill. 2: 372 (1901)
• Gesneria ventricosa var. ovata Urb., Symb. Antill. 2: 373 (1901)
• Pentaraphia florida Decne., Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. III. 6: (1846) 106. t. 7
• Pentaraphia herminieri Decne., Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. III. 6: 106 (1846)
• Pentaraphia lindleyana Decne., Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. III. 6: 103 (1846)
• Pentaraphia longiflora Lindl., Bot. Reg. sub t. 1110 (1827), nom. illeg.
• Pentaraphia longiflora var. lindleyana (Decne.) Duss, Ann. Inst. Bot.-Geol. Colon. Marseille 3: 430 (1897)
• Pentaraphia montana Decne., Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. III. 6: 105 (1846)
• Pentaraphia swartzii Decne., Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. III. 6: (1846) 103, nom. superfl.
• Pentaraphia ventricosa (Sw.) Hanst., Linnaea, 34: 1865 229 (1866)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental Southern America Regional: Caribbean Jamaica, Leeward Is., Windward Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Swartz, O. 1788. Nova genera & species plantarum seu Prodromus descriptionum vegetabilium, maximam partem incognitorum quae sub itinere in Indiam Occidentalem annis 1783–87 digessit Olof Swartz. M. D. X+152 pp., index. M.Swederi, Holmiae [Stockholm] etc. BHL Reference page. : 89

Additional references

• 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. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Gesneria ventricosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Sep 05. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Gesneria ventricosa. Published online. Accessed: Sep 05 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Gesneria ventricosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 05 Sep 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Gesneria ventricosa. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Sep 05. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Gesneria ventricosa. Accessed: 05 Sep 2021.

Vernacular names

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