Didymocarpus
Didymocarpus[1][2] is a genus of plants in the family Gesneriaceae and typical of the tribe Didymocarpeae. There are about 100 known species distributed from India, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, southern China, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, and the Malay Peninsula, with one species, extending up to northern Sumatra. Some members of the genus are known for their medicinal properties, specially to cure diseases related to kidney.[3]
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| An illustration of Didymocarpus oblongus from Nepal | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Gesneriaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cyrtandroideae |
| Tribe: | Didymocarpeae |
| Genus: | Didymocarpus Wall, 1819 |
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Species
The Catalogue of Life lists:[2]
- Didymocarpus acuminatus
- Didymocarpus adenocalyx
- Didymocarpus adenocarpus
- Didymocarpus albicalyx
- Didymocarpus andersonii
- Didymocarpus antirrhinoides
- Didymocarpus aromaticus
- Didymocarpus aurantiacus
- Didymocarpus aureoglandulosus
- Didymocarpus bancanus
- Didymocarpus barbinervius
- Didymocarpus bhutanicus
- Didymocarpus bicolor
- Didymocarpus biserratus
- Didymocarpus bracteatus
- Didymocarpus burkei
- Didymocarpus cinereus
- Didymocarpus citrinus
- Didymocarpus corchorifolius
- Didymocarpus cordatus
- Didymocarpus cortusifolius
- Didymocarpus curvicapsa
- Didymocarpus denticulatus
- Didymocarpus dongrakensis
- Didymocarpus elatior
- Didymocarpus epithemoides
- Didymocarpus gageanus
- Didymocarpus geesinkianus
- Didymocarpus glandulosus
- Didymocarpus graciliflorus
- Didymocarpus grandidentatus
- Didymocarpus heucherifolius
- Didymocarpus hookeri
- Didymocarpus insulsus
- Didymocarpus kerrii
- Didymocarpus labiatus
- Didymocarpus leiboensis
- Didymocarpus lineicapsa
- Didymocarpus macrophyllus
- Didymocarpus margaritae
- Didymocarpus medogensis
- Didymocarpus megaphyllus
- Didymocarpus mengtze
- Didymocarpus mollis
- Didymocarpus mortonii
- Didymocarpus nanophyton
- Didymocarpus newmannii
- Didymocarpus nigrescens
- Didymocarpus oblongus
- Didymocarpus ovatus
- Didymocarpus parryorum
- Didymocarpus paucinervius
- Didymocarpus pedicellatus
- Didymocarpus perakensis
- Didymocarpus platycalyx
- Didymocarpus podocarpus
- Didymocarpus poilanei
- Didymocarpus praeteritus
- Didymocarpus primulifolius
- Didymocarpus pseudomengtze
- Didymocarpus pteronema
- Didymocarpus pulcher
- Didymocarpus punduanus
- Didymocarpus purpureobracteatus
- Didymocarpus purpureopictus
- Didymocarpus purpureus
- Didymocarpus reniformis
- Didymocarpus robustus
- Didymocarpus rufipes
- Didymocarpus salviiflorus
- Didymocarpus silvarum
- Didymocarpus sinoprimulinus
- Didymocarpus stenanthos
- Didymocarpus stenocarpus
- Didymocarpus subpalmatinervis
- Didymocarpus sulphureus
- Didymocarpus triplotrichus
- Didymocarpus tristis
- Didymocarpus wattianus
- Didymocarpus wengeri
- Didymocarpus venosus
- Didymocarpus villosus
- Didymocarpus violaceus
- Didymocarpus yuenlingensis
- Didymocarpus yunnanensis
- Didymocarpus zhenkangensis
- Didymocarpus zhufengensis
References
- Wall. (1819) Edinburgh Philos. J. 1: 378.
- Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2014). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- Kaur, Gurpreet; Lone, Irshad A.; Athar, Mohammad; Alam, M. Sarwar (2007-01-05). "Protective effect of Didymocarpus pedicellata on ferric nitrilotriacetate (Fe-NTA) induced renal oxidative stress and hyperproliferative response". Chemico-Biological Interactions. 165 (1): 33–44. doi:10.1016/j.cbi.2006.10.012. ISSN 0009-2797. PMID 17140554.
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