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''Besleria'' is a
genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of large
herb Herbs are a widely distributed and widespread group of plants, excluding vegetables, with savory or aromatic properties that are used for flavoring and garnishing food, for medicinal purposes, or for fragrances. Culinary use typically distingu ...
s and soft-stemmed
subshrub A subshrub (Latin ''suffrutex'') or undershrub is either a small shrub (e.g. prostrate shrubs) or a perennial that is largely herbaceous but slightly woody at the base (e.g. garden pink and florist's chrysanthemum). The term is often interch ...
s or
shrub A shrub or bush is a small to medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen. They are distinguished from trees by their multiple ...
s in the
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 ...
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 176 species native to tropical southern Mexico,
Central America Central America is a subregion of North America. Its political boundaries are defined as bordering Mexico to the north, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest. Central America is usually ...
,
South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern Subregion#Americas, subregion o ...
, and the
West Indies The West Indies is an island subregion of the Americas, surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, which comprises 13 independent island country, island countries and 19 dependent territory, dependencies in thr ...
. The closely related genus ''
Gasteranthus ''Gasteranthus'' is a genus of 35 species of herbs and soft-stemmed subshrubs in the flowering plant family Gesneriaceae. The species occur in Central America and South America, from southernmost Mexico to Bolivia.Weber & Skog (2007) Numerous spe ...
'' was previously included in ''Besleria''. The two genera have been separated on the basis of
stoma In botany, a stoma (: stomata, from Greek language, Greek ''στόμα'', "mouth"), also called a stomate (: stomates), is a pore found in the Epidermis (botany), epidermis of leaves, stems, and other organs, that controls the rate of gas exc ...
tal (aggregated in ''Gasteranthus'', scattered in ''Besleria'') and fruit (fleshy capsule in ''Gasteranthus'',
berry A berry is a small, pulpy, and often edible fruit. Typically, berries are juicy, rounded, brightly colored, sweet, sour or tart, and do not have a stone or pit although many pips or seeds may be present. Common examples of berries in the cul ...
in ''Besleria'') characters.Wiehler (1975)


Species

176 species are accepted. * '' Besleria affinis'' * '' Besleria aggregata'' * '' Besleria amabilis'' * '' Besleria angusta'' * '' Besleria angustiflora'' * '' Besleria arborescens'' * '' Besleria arbusta'' * '' Besleria ardens'' * '' Besleria aristeguitae'' * '' Besleria attenuata'' * '' Besleria aurea'' * '' Besleria azulensis'' * '' Besleria barbata'' * '' Besleria barbensis'' * '' Besleria barclayi'' * '' Besleria beltranii'' * '' Besleria boliviana'' * '' Besleria brevicalyx'' * '' Besleria brevisepala'' * '' Besleria calantha'' * '' Besleria calycina'' * '' Besleria campanulata'' * '' Besleria capitata'' * '' Besleria chiriquensis'' * '' Besleria cinnabarina'' * '' Besleria citrina'' * '' Besleria clivorum'' * '' Besleria cognata'' * '' Besleria columneoides'' * '' Besleria comosa'' * '' Besleria compta'' * '' Besleria concinna'' * '' Besleria concolor'' * '' Besleria conformis'' * '' Besleria connata'' * '' Besleria conspecta'' * '' Besleria crassa'' * '' Besleria crassicaulis'' * '' Besleria cuneata'' * '' Besleria cyrtanthemum'' * '' Besleria decipiens'' * '' Besleria deflexa'' * '' Besleria delvillarii'' * '' Besleria diabolica'' * '' Besleria discreta'' * '' Besleria disgrega'' * '' Besleria divaricata'' * '' Besleria duarteana'' * '' Besleria elegans'' * '' Besleria elongata'' * '' Besleria emendata'' * '' Besleria eriocalyx'' * '' Besleria fallax'' * '' Besleria fasciculata'' * '' Besleria fecunda'' * '' Besleria ferreyrae'' * '' Besleria filipes'' * '' Besleria flava'' * '' Besleria flavovirens'' * '' Besleria floribunda'' * '' Besleria florida'' * '' Besleria fluminensis'' * '' Besleria formicaria'' * '' Besleria furva'' * '' Besleria gibbosa'' * '' Besleria glabra'' * '' Besleria gracilenta'' * '' Besleria grandifolia'' * '' Besleria heterosepala'' * '' Besleria hirsuta'' * '' Besleria hutchisonii'' * '' Besleria iara'' * '' Besleria illustris'' * '' Besleria imberbis'' * '' Besleria immitis'' * '' Besleria impressa'' * '' Besleria inaequalis'' * '' Besleria insolita'' * '' Besleria kalbreyeri'' * '' Besleria labiosa'' * '' Besleria laeta'' * '' Besleria lanceolata'' * '' Besleria lasiantha'' * '' Besleria laxiflora'' * '' Besleria lehmannii'' * '' Besleria leucocarpa'' * '' Besleria leucostoma'' * '' Besleria longimucronata'' * '' Besleria longipedunculata'' * '' Besleria longipes'' * '' Besleria lucida'' * '' Besleria lutea'' L. * '' Besleria maasii'' * '' Besleria macahensis'' * '' Besleria macrocalyx'' * '' Besleria macropoda'' * '' Besleria maxima'' * '' Besleria melancholica'' * '' Besleria membranacea'' * '' Besleria meridionalis'' * '' Besleria microphylla'' * '' Besleria miniata'' * '' Besleria minutiflora'' * '' Besleria mirifica'' * '' Besleria modica'' * '' Besleria moorei'' * '' Besleria mortoniana'' * '' Besleria mucronata'' * '' Besleria naquenensis'' * '' Besleria neblinae'' * '' Besleria nemorosa'' * '' Besleria nitens'' * '' Besleria notabilis'' * '' Besleria nubigena'' * '' Besleria obtusa'' * '' Besleria ornata'' * '' Besleria ovalifolia'' * '' Besleria ovoidea'' * '' Besleria oxyphylla'' * '' Besleria pallidiflora'' * '' Besleria parviflora'' * '' Besleria patrisii'' * '' Besleria pauciflora'' * '' Besleria pendula'' * '' Besleria penduliflora'' * '' Besleria pennellii'' * '' Besleria peruviana'' * '' Besleria petiolaris'' * '' Besleria physaloides'' * '' Besleria placita'' * '' Besleria princeps'' * '' Besleria quadrangulata'' * '' Besleria racemosa'' * '' Besleria rara'' * '' Besleria reticulata'' * '' Besleria rhytidophyllum'' * '' Besleria riparia'' * '' Besleria robusta'' * '' Besleria rosea'' * '' Besleria rotundifolia'' * '' Besleria salicifolia'' * '' Besleria santaclarensis'' * '' Besleria saxicola'' * '' Besleria seitzii'' * '' Besleria selloana'' * '' Besleria sieberiana'' * '' Besleria silverstoneana'' * '' Besleria solanoides'' * '' Besleria spinulosa'' * '' Besleria spissa'' * '' Besleria sprucei'' * '' Besleria standleyi'' * '' Besleria steyermarkiorum'' * '' Besleria stricta'' * '' Besleria strigillosa'' * '' Besleria subcarnosa'' * '' Besleria subdecurrens'' * '' Besleria subulata'' * '' Besleria symphytum'' * '' Besleria tambensis'' * '' Besleria tetrangularis'' * '' Besleria trichiata'' * '' Besleria trichostegia'' * '' Besleria triflora'' * '' Besleria tuberculata'' * '' Besleria umbrosa'' * '' Besleria vanderwerffii'' * '' Besleria vargasii'' * '' Besleria variabilis'' * '' Besleria ventricosa'' * '' Besleria verecunda'' * '' Besleria vernoniana'' * '' Besleria vestita'' * '' Besleria villosa'' * '' Besleria yaracuyensis'' * '' Besleria yatuana''


Footnotes


References

* Wiehler, Hans.
BESLERIA L. AND THE RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF GASTERANTHUS BENTH. (GESNERIACEAE).
Selbyana 1, no. 2 (1975): 150–56.


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The Genera of Gesneriaceae
Gesneriaceae genera Flora of the Neotropical realm {{Gesneriaceae-stub