Rhytidophyllum
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Rhytidophyllum is a genus of plant
in family Gesneriaceae
, native to the Caribbean
islands and northern South America
.
Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
in family Gesneriaceae
Gesneriaceae
Gesneriaceae is a family of flowering plants consisting of ca. 150 genera and ca. 3,200 species in the Old World and New World tropics and subtropics, with a very small number extending to temperate areas. Many species have colorful and showy flowers and are cultivated as ornamental plants.Most...
, native to the Caribbean
Caribbean
The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...
islands and northern South America
South America
South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...
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Species
- Rhytidophyllum acunae
- Rhytidophyllum asperum
- Rhytidophyllum auriculatum
- Rhytidophyllum berteroanum
- Rhytidophyllum bicolor
- Rhytidophyllum caribaeum
- Rhytidophyllum coccineum
- Rhytidophyllum crenulatum
- Rhytidophyllum cumanense
- Rhytidophyllum earlei
- Rhytidophyllum exsertumRhytidophyllum exsertumRhytidophyllum exsertum is a species of plant in family Gesneriaceae, native to Cuba.- References :* * *...
- Rhytidophyllum floribundum
- Rhytidophyllum grande
- Rhytidophyllum humboldtii
- Rhytidophyllum intermedium
- Rhytidophyllum lanatum
- Rhytidophyllum leucomallon
- Rhytidophyllum leucomallum
- Rhytidophyllum lomense
- Rhytidophyllum melastoma
- Rhytidophyllum minus
- Rhytidophyllum mogoticola
- Rhytidophyllum onacaense
- Rhytidophyllum oerstedii
- Rhytidophyllum petiolare
- Rhytidophyllum plumerianum
- Rhytidophyllum prasinatum
- Rhytidophyllum purpureum
- Rhytidophyllum rhodocalyx
- Rhytidophyllum rupincola
- Rhytidophyllum stipulare
- Rhytidophyllum tigridia
- Rhytidophyllum tomentosum
- Rhytidophyllum vernicosum
- Rhytidophyllum villosulum
- Rhytidophyllum wrightianum
External links
- GBIF entry
- Melville Thurston Cook, "The Embryology of Rhytidophyllum", Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, volume 35, 1908, pages 179-183.