Phinaea pulchella

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Photokaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Mesangiospermae Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Gesneriaceae
Subfamilia: Gesnerioideae
Tribus: Gesnerieae
Subtribus: Gloxiniinae
Genus: Phinaea
Species: Phinaea pulchella (Griseb.) C.V.Morton

Synonyms

Niphaea pulchella Griseb. in Cat. Pl. Cub.: 198 (1866)

Varieties

Phinaea pulchella var. pulchella
Phinaea pulchella var. domingensis Urb. Ekman C.V.Morton

Distribution

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

References

Primary references

• Morton, C. V. (1957). Some West Indian Gesneriaceae. Brittonia, 9(1), 18–24. https://doi.org/10.2307/2804845

• Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (2025). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew - Herbarium Specimens. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/ly60bx accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-02-02. https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/912400368

Additional references

• Clark, John L., et al. “Independent Origin of Radial Floral Symmetry in the Gloxinieae (Gesnerioideae: Gesneriaceae) Is Supported by the Rediscovery of Phinaea Pulchella in Cuba.” Systematic Botany, vol. 36, no. 3, 2011, pp. 757–67. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/23028991. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
• U.S. National Library of Medicine. (n.d.). Phinaea pulchella - NCBI - NLM. National Center for Biotechnology Information. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/datasets/taxonomy/948873/

Vernacular names

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