Nematanthus

Nematanthus
Nematanthus nervosus, showing the foliage and distinctive "goldfish" flower.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Asterids
Order:Lamiales
Family:Gesneriaceae
Genus:Nematanthus
Schrad.

Nematanthus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae. All of its species are endemic to Brazil.[1] Compared to other gesneriads, Nematanthus has leaves that are small, succulent, and hard-surfaced. The plant has a trailing, branching, and spreading habit; it is generally an epiphyte in nature and a hanging-basket plant in cultivation.

The flower has petals fused into a pouch-like shape, with a small opening. The fancied resemblance of the flower to a goldfish gives the plant its common name, "goldfish plant."

Hummingbirds often will feed from the nectar-filled "goldfish" flowers.

Species

Species include:[2]

  • Nematanthus albus Chautems
  • Nematanthus australis Chautems
  • Nematanthus bradei (Handro) Chautems
  • Nematanthus brasiliensis (Vell.) Chautems
  • Nematanthus corticola Schrad.
  • Nematanthus fissus (Vell.) L.E. Skog
  • Nematanthus fluminensis (Vell.) Fritsch
  • Nematanthus fornix (Vell.) Chautems
  • Nematanthus fritschii Hoehne
  • Nematanthus gregarius D.L. Denham
  • Nematanthus hirsutus (Mart.) Wiehler
  • Nematanthus hirtellus (Schott) Wiehler
  • Nematanthus jolyanus (Handro) Chautems
  • Nematanthus kautskyi Chautems & Rossini
  • Nematanthus × kuhlmannii (Handro) Chautems
  • Nematanthus maculatus (Fritsch) Wiehler
  • Nematanthus × mattosianus (Handro) H.E. Moore
  • Nematanthus mirabilis (Handro) Chautems
  • Nematanthus monanthos (Vell.) Chautems
  • Nematanthus nervosus (Fritsch) H.E. Moore
  • Nematanthus perianthomegus (Vell.) H.E. Moore
  • Nematanthus punctatus Chautems
  • Nematanthus pycnophyllus Chautems, T. Lopes & M. Peixoto
  • Nematanthus savannarum (C.V.Morton) J.L.Clark
  • Nematanthus sericeus (Hanst.) Chautems
  • Nematanthus serpens (Vell.) Chautems
  • Nematanthus striatus (Handro) Chautems
  • Nematanthus strigillosus (Mart.) H.E. Moore
  • Nematanthus teixeiranus (Handro) Chautems
  • Nematanthus tessmannii (Hoehne) Chautems
  • Nematanthus villosus (Hanst.) Wiehler
  • Nematanthus wettsteinii (Fritsch) H.E. Moore
  • Nematanthus wiehleri Chautems & M. Peixoto

References

  1. ↑ "The Gesneriad Society" (PDF).
  2. ↑ The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, retrieved October 1, 2015


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