Besleria

Taxobox
name = "Besleria"


image_width = 200px
image_caption = "Besleria leucostoma"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
subclassis = Asteridae
unranked_ordo = Euasterids I
ordo = Lamiales
familia = Gesneriaceae
genus = "Besleria"
genus_authority = (Plum. ex) L., 1753
type_species = "Besleria lutea"
type_species_authority = L. (1753)
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = About 150Verify source|date=September 2007

"Besleria" is a genus of ca. 150 species of large herbs and soft-stemmed subshrubs or shrubs in the flowering plant family Gesneriaceae. The species occur in Central America, South America, and the West Indies.

The closely related genus "Gasteranthus" was previously included in "Besleria". The two genera have been separated on the basis of stomatal (aggregated in "Gasteranthus", scattered in "Besleria") and fruit (fleshy capsule in "Gasteranthus", berry in "Besleria") characters.

elected species

* "Besleria comosa"
* "Besleria fasciculata"
* "Besleria formosa"
* "Besleria leucostoma"
* "Besleria macahensis"
* "Besleria melancholica"
* "Besleria miniata"
* "Besleria modica"
* "Besleria notabilis"
* "Besleria princeps"
* "Besleria quadrangulata"
* "Besleria triflora"

References

Wiehler, H. 1975. "Besleria" L. and the re-establishment of "Gasteranthus" Benth. (Gesneriaceae). "Selbyana" 5: 11-60.

External links

* [http://www.genera-gesneriaceae.at/genera/besleria.htm "Besleria"] from [http://www.genera-gesneriaceae.at/ The Genera of Gesneriaceae]