Crantzia

Crantzia
Close-up of Crantzia cristata in bloom
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Gesneriaceae
Genus: Crantzia
Species
  • C. cristata (L.) Scop.[1]
  • C. tigrina (H.Karst.) Fritsch[2]
Synonyms
  • Lophia Desv. (1825)
  • Lophalix Raf. (1838)
  • Heintzia Karst. (1848)
  • Prionoplectus Oerst. (1858)

Crantzia is a plant genus in the Gesneriaceae family. Crantzia species grow in damp or wet forests, mostly on Caribbean islands. Some are epiphytes, others are subshrubs or herbaceous plants with fibrous roots.[3]

Several taxa from the Gesneriaceae genus Alloplectus have been reclassified as Crantzia.

Giovanni Antonio Scopoli named the genus after botanist and physician Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz (1722–1799).[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Crantzia cristata (L.) Scop.". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 30 December 2013 – via The Plant List.
  2. ↑ "Crantzia tigrina (H.Karst.) Fritsch". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 30 December 2013 – via The Plant List.
  3. 1 2 Weber, Anton; Skog, Laurence E. (2007-01-05). "Crantzia". The Genera of Gesneriaceae. Retrieved 30 December 2013.

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