''Amalophyllon'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
s belonging to the family
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 Ges ...
. It includes 13 species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from southern Mexico through Central America to Venezuela and Peru.
Species
13 species are accepted.
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Amalophyllon albiflorum''
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Amalophyllon caripense''
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Amalophyllon clarkii''
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Amalophyllon divaricatum''
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Amalophyllon ecuadoranum''
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Amalophyllon laceratum''
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Amalophyllon macrophylloides''
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Amalophyllon macrophyllum''
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Amalophyllon miraculum
''Amalophyllon miraculum'' is a plant species in the family Gesneriaceae endemic to the Andes of Ecuador. It was discovered in Centinela, Ecuador in 2024.
The plant is small in stature and an obligate lithophyte
Lithophytes are plants that gro ...
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Amalophyllon parviflorum''
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Amalophyllon repens''
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Amalophyllon roezlii''
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Amalophyllon rubidum''
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Amalophyllon rupestre''
References
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Gesnerioideae
Gesneriaceae genera
Flora of the Neotropical realm
Taxa described in 1914
Taxa named by Townshend Stith Brandegee