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.
Species

600+, see list

Cyrtandra (Neo-Latin, from Greek κυρτός, kyrtós, "curved", and ἀνήρ, anḗr, "male", in reference to their prominently curved stamens)[1] is a genus of flowering plants containing about 600 species,[2] with more being discovered often,[3] and is thus the largest genus in the family Gesneriaceae.[4] These plants are native to Southeast Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands, with the centre of diversity in Southeast Asia and the Malesian region.[4] The genus is common, but many species within it are very rare, localized, and endangered endemic plants.[3] The species can be difficult to identify because they are highly polymorphic and because they readily hybridize with each other.[2] 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.[3]

It is an example of a supertramp genus.[3]

Hawaiian Cyrtandra are known as ha‘iwale.[2]

Species

Selected species include:

References

  1. Weber, Anton; et al. (2007), "Cyrtandra", The Genera of Gesneriaceae (2nd ed.), Vienna{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link).
  2. 1 2 3 Clermontia and Cyrtandra. DNA Barcoding Endemic Hawaiian Species Project. University of Hawaii, Hilo.
  3. 1 2 3 4 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.
  4. 1 2 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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