''Epithema''
[von Blume CL (1826) ''Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.'' 14: 737.] is a genus of plants in 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 ...
and
subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end botanical subfamily names with "-oideae", and zo ...
Didymocarpoideae
The Didymocarpoideae are a subfamily of plants in the family Gesneriaceae. It was formerly the subfamily Cyrtandroideae. This subfamily consists mostly of Tropics, tropical and Subtropics, subtropical Old World genera, found in Africa, Asia and ...
. Species range from western
tropical
The tropics are the regions of Earth surrounding the equator, where the sun may shine directly overhead. This contrasts with the temperate or polar regions of Earth, where the Sun can never be directly overhead. This is because of Earth's ax ...
Africa to Uganda, tropical and subtropical Asia, and New Guinea.
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Species
20 species are accepted.[
* '' Epithema benthamii''
* '' Epithema carnosum''
* '' Epithema ceylanicum''
* '' Epithema dolichopodum''
* '' Epithema horsfieldii''
* '' Epithema involucratum''
* '' Epithema longipetiolatum''
* '' Epithema longitubum''
* '' Epithema madulidii''
* '' Epithema membranaceum''
* '' Epithema parvibracteatum''
* '' Epithema philippinum''
* '' Epithema pusillum''
* '' Epithema rennellense''
* '' Epithema sarawakense''
* '' Epithema saxatile''
* '' Epithema steenisii''
* '' Epithema strigosum''
* '' Epithema tenerum''
* '' Epithema tenue''
]
References
External links
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{{Taxonbar, from=Q9297084
Gesneriaceae genera
Didymocarpoideae
Paleotropical flora
Taxa described in 1826
Taxa named by Carl Ludwig Blume