Alsobia

Taxobox
name = "Alsobia"

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image_caption = "Alsobia dianthiflora"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Lamiales
familia = Gesneriaceae
genus = "Alsobia"
genus_authority = Hanst., 1853
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Alsobia" is a genus of flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae, native to Mexico, Guatemala and Costa Rica.

The two species are succulent, stoloniferous herbs and were previously included in the genus "Episcia". Recent molecular studies have supported the separation of "Alsobia" from "Episcia".

pecies

*"Alsobia dianthiflora" (syn. "Episcia dianthiflora")
*"Alsobia punctata" (syn. "Episcia punctata")

Further reading

*Wiehler, H. 1978. The genera "Episcia", "Alsobia", "Nautilocalyx", and "Paradrymonia" (Gesneriaceae). "Selbyana" 5: 11-60.

External links

* [http://www.botanik.univie.ac.at/morphology/genera_gesneriaceae/genera/alsobia.htm "Alsobia"] from [http://www.botanik.univie.ac.at/morphology/genera_gesneriaceae/index.htm The Genera of Gesneriaceae]
* [http://gesneriads.ca/genepis.htm "Episcia" and "Alsobia"] from the [http://gesneriads.ca Gesneriad Reference Web]