The
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
''Artanema'' is a small group of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of ...
species in the
Linderniaceae
Linderniaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales, which consists of about 25 genera and 265 species occurring worldwide. ''Vandellia micrantha'' is eaten in Laos, but tastes bitter. Best known are the wishbone flowers ''Torenia ...
. It was formerly included in the
Plantaginaceae
Plantaginaceae, the plantain family, is a large, diverse family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales that includes common flowers such as snapdragon and foxglove. It is unrelated to the banana-like fruit also called "plantain." In older ...
, but reclassified based on genetic evidence.
Species
* ''
Artanema bantamense'' Backer
* ''
Artanema evrardii'' (Bonati) T.Yamaz.
* ''
Artanema fimbriatum'' (W.J. Hook. ex R. Graham) D. Don
* ''
Artanema finetianum'' (Bonati) T.Yamaz.
* ''
Artanema longifolium'' (L.) Vatke
External links
W3Tropicos
Linderniaceae
Lamiales genera
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