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Lenbrassia
''Lenbrassia australiana'', synonym ''Fieldia australiana'', is a species of flowering plant in the family Gesneriaceae. It is the sole species in genus ''Lenbrassia''. It is a small tree native to the Queensland tropical rain forests, tropical rainforests of north-eastern Queensland, Australia. References Gesnerioideae Monotypic Gesneriaceae genera Endemic flora of Queensland {{Gesneriaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gesneriaceae
Gesneriaceae, the gesneriad family, is a family (biology), family of flowering plants consisting of about 152 genera and ca. 3,540 species in the tropics and subtropics of the Old World (almost all Didymocarpoideae) and the New World (most Gesnerioideae), with a very small number extending to temperate areas. Many species have colorful and showy flowers and are cultivated as ornamental plants. Etymology The family name is based on the genus ''Gesneria'', which honours Switzerland, Swiss naturalist and humanism, humanist Conrad Gessner. Description Most species are herbaceous plant, herbaceous perennial plant, perennials or subshrubs but a few are woody shrubs or small trees. The phyllotaxy is usually opposite and decussate, but leaves have a spiral or alternate arrangement in some groups. As with other members of the Lamiales the flowers have a (usually) zygomorphic corolla whose petals are fused into a tube and there is no one character that separates a gesneriad from any o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
