Capanea

Taxobox
name = Capanea


image_width = 200px
image_caption = "Capanea grandiflora"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Lamiales
familia = Gesneriaceae
genus = "Capanea"
genus_authority = Decne.

"Capanea" is a genus of two species in the flowering plant family Gesneriaceae. The species are epiphytic and occur in Central America and the Andean regions of South America. "Capanea grandiflora" is thought to be bat pollinated. In older literature the name is often misspelled "Campanea".

Recent phylogenetic studies suggest that the two species of "Capanea" are nested within the genus "Kohleria" Roalson et al., 2005a) and both species of "Capanea" have recently been transferred to "Kohleria" (Roalson et al., 2005b). However, "Capanea" species are morphologically very distinct from "Kohleria" species in their epiphytic habit, absence of scaly rhizomes, capitate stigmas, and 4-valved capsules and this genus is likely to be found in the botanical literature for years to come, despite clear molecular evidence that "Kohleria" is paraphyletic if "Capanea" is excluded.

pecies

*"Capanea affinis" (="Kohleria affinis")
*"Capanea grandiflora" (="Kohleria tigridia")

References

*Roalson, E.H., J.K. Boggan, L.E., Skog, & E.A. Zimmer. 2005a. Untangling the Gloxinieae (Gesneriaceae). I. Phylogenetic patterns and generic boundaries inferred from nuclear, chloroplast, and morphological cladistic data sets. "Taxon" 54 (2): 389-410.
*Roalson, E.H., J.K. Boggan & L.E. Skog. 2005b. Reorganization of tribal and generic boundaries in the Gloxinieae (Gesneriaceae: Gesnerioideae) and the description of a new tribe in the Gesnerioideae, Sphaerorrhizeae. "Selbyana" 25 (2): 225-238.

External links

* [http://www.botanik.univie.ac.at/morphology/genera_gesneriaceae/genera/capanea.htm "Capanea"] from [http://www.botanik.univie.ac.at/morphology/genera_gesneriaceae/index.htm The Genera of Gesneriaceae]