''Pearcea'' is a
genus
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of
tropical
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herbaceous 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 ...
native to western South America. It is classified in tribe Gloxinieae and is closely related to the genus ''
Kohleria'', in which some of its species were previously included. The genus ''Parakohleria'' has recently been synonymized under ''Pearcea'', a conclusion later supported by molecular analyses that showed that ''Pearcea hypocyrtiflora'' was nested within the former Parakohlerias.
The best-known and most widely cultivated species is ''Pearcea hypocyrtiflora'', a low-growing herb with attractively marked leaves and unusual bubble-like red or orange flowers.
Species
19 species are accepted.
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*'' Pearcea abunda'' (Wiehler) L.P.Kvist & L.E.Skog
*'' Pearcea bella''
*'' Pearcea bilabiata'' L.P.Kvist & L.E.Skog
*'' Pearcea cordata'' L.P.Kvist & L.E.Skog
*'' Pearcea fuscicalyx''
*'' Pearcea glabrata'' L.P.Kvist & L.E.Skog
*'' Pearcea gracilis'' L.P.Kvist & L.E.Skog
*'' Pearcea grandifolia'' L.P.Kvist & L.E.Skog
*'']Pearcea hispidissima
''Pearcea'' is a genus of tropical herbaceous plants in the family Gesneriaceae native to western South America. It is classified in tribe Gloxinieae and is closely related to the genus '' Kohleria'', in which some of its species were previously ...
'' (Wiehler) L.P.Kvist & L.E.Skog
*'' Pearcea hypocyrtiflora'' (Hook.f.) Regel
*''Pearcea intermedia
''Pearcea intermedia'' is a threatened species from Ecuador.
References
Pearcea, intermedia
Flora of Ecuador
Endangered plants
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'' L.P.Kvist & L.E.Skog
*'' Pearcea lutea''
*'' Pearcea pileifolia'' J.L.Clark & L.E.Skog
*''Pearcea purpurea
''Pearcea'' is a genus of tropical herbaceous plants in the family Gesneriaceae native to western South America. It is classified in tribe Gloxinieae and is closely related to the genus ''Kohleria'', in which some of its species were previously i ...
'' (Poepp.) L.P.Kvist & L.E.Skog
*'' Pearcea reticulata'' (Fritsch) L.P.Kvist & L.E.Skog
*'' Pearcea rhodotricha'' (Cuatrec.) L.P.Kvist & L.E.Skog
*'' Pearcea schimpfii'' Mansf.
*'' Pearcea sprucei'' (Britton) L.P.Kvist & L.E.Skog
*'' Pearcea strigosa'' L.P.Kvist & L.E.Skog
References
*Roalson, E.H., J.K. Boggan, L.E. Skog, & E.A. Zimmer. 2005. Untangling the Gloxinieae (Gesneriaceae). I. Phylogenetic patterns and generic boundaries inferred from nuclear, chloroplast, and morphological cladistic data sets. ''Taxon'' 54 (2): 389–410.
*Wiehler, H. 1978. ''Parakohleria'', a new South American genus in the Gesneriaceae. ''Selbyana'' 5(1): 4–10.
External links
Kvist, L.P. & L.E. Skog. 1996. Revision of ''Pearcea'' (Gesneriaceae). ''Smithsonian Contrib. Bot''. 84: 1-47 (pdf file).
Gesneriaceae genera
Flora of western South America
Taxa described in 1867
Taxa named by Eduard August von Regel
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