Calceolaria

Calceolaria

:"For another genus Calceolaria "Heist. ex Fabr.", see its current accepted name Cypripedium."

Taxobox
name = "Calceolaria"


image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Calceolaria bilatata"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Lamiales
familia = Calceolariaceae
genus = "Calceolaria"
genus_authority = L.

"Calceolaria" "L.", also called Lady's purse, Slipper flower and Pocketbook flower,"Botanica. The Illustrated AZ of over 10000 garden plants and how to cultivate them", pp. 166-167 Könemann, 2004. ISBN 3-8331-1253-0] or Slipperwort, is a genus of plants in the Calceolariaceae family, sometimes classified in Scrophulariaceae by some authors. This genus consists of about 388 species of shrubs, lianas and herbs, and the geographic range extends from Patagonia to central Mexico, with its distribution centre in Andean region. Calceolaria in latin means shoemaker.

Calceolarias have usually yellow or orange flowers, which can have red or purple spots.

The species of "Calceolaria" include:
*"Calceolaria amplexicaulis"
*"Calceolaria darwinii"
*"Calceolaria herbeohybrida" group
*"Calceolaria integrifolia"
*"Calceolaria tomentosa"

References

*Andersson, Stephan 2006. On the phylogeny of the genus Calceolaria (Calceolariaceae) as inferred from ITS and plastid matK sequences. "Taxon" 55(1):125-137.

External links

* [http://www.chileflora.com/Florachilena/FloraSpanish/PIC_CALCEOLARIA.php Chilean Calceolarias, in Chileflora, seed provider]
* [http://www.ecuador-images.net/flower.calceolaria.htm A Site devoted to calceolaria]


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