Alloplectus

__NOTOC__Taxobox
name = "Alloplectus"

regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
subclassis = Asteridae
unranked_ordo = Euasterids I
ordo = Lamiales
familia = Gesneriaceae
genus = "Alloplectus"
genus_authority =
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =5, see text
synonyms ="Heintzia"
"Lophalix"
"Lophia"
"Prionoplectus"
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"Alloplectus" is a genus of Neotropical plants in the flowering plant family Gesneriaceae. A recent revision of the genus [Clark (2005)] includes five species, with the majority of species in the genus as traditionally circumscribed being transferred to "Crantzia", "Glossoloma", and "Drymonia".

pecies

* "Alloplectus aquatilis" C.V. Morton
* "Alloplectus hispidus" (Kunth) Mart.
* "Alloplectus inflatus" J.L. Clark & L.E. Skog
* "Alloplectus tessmannii" Mansf.
* "Alloplectus weirii" (Kuntze) Wiehler

Transferred species

* "Alloplectus herthae" = "Glossoloma herthae"
* "Alloplectus martinianus" = "Glossoloma martinianum"
* "Alloplectus penduliflorus" = "Glossoloma penduliflorum"
* "Alloplectus tetragonus" = "Glossoloma tetragonum"

References

* (2005): A monograph of "Alloplectus" (Gesneriaceae). "Selbyana" 25(2): 182-209. [http://apt.allenpress.com/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&issn=0361-185X&volume=025&issue=02&page=0182 HTML abstract]

External links

* [http://www.genera-gesneriaceae.at/genera/alloplectus.htm "Alloplectus"] in A. Weber & L. E. Skog 2007, [http://www.genera-gesneriaceae.at Genera of Gesneriaceae] .