For Peltanthera Roth, the flowering vines of Asia called breadflower, see Vallaris.
Peltanthera
GenusPeltanthera
Parent authorityBenth.[1]
Speciesfloribunda
AuthorityBenth. & Hook.f.[2]
Synonyms

Of the genus:[1]

  • Valerioa Standl. & Steyerm.

Of the species:[2]

  • Peltanthera costaricensis (Standl. & Steyerm.) Cuatrec.
  • Valerioa costaricensis Standl. & Steyerm.

Peltanthera is a genus of flowering plants containing a single species, Peltanthera floribunda.[1] The genus was originally placed in family Loganiaceae[3] and has since been variously placed in Buddlejaceae,[4] Scrophulariaceae,[5] Gesneriaceae,[6] or in its own family Peltantheraceae.[5][7] In 2016, it was considered by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group to be unplaced in any family, but within the order Lamiales,[8] while Christenhusz et al. in 2017 placed it in family Gesneriaceae as subfamily Peltantheroideae.[9] The placement in Gesneriaceae was accepted by Plants of the World Online as of March 2024.[1]

The plant is a tree with opposite leaf arrangement.[3] The leaves are large and elliptic in shape. It has white fragrant flowers in a cymose inflorescence with trichotomous branches. The calyx and corolla each have five lobes, and there are five stamens. The two locules of the ovary each contain many seeds.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Peltanthera Benth..". 331836-2. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
  2. ^ "Peltanthera floribunda Benth. & Hook.f..". 546871-1. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
  3. ^ Bentham, George & Hooker, Joseph Dalton, "Genera Plantarum", Vol. 2, Reeve & Co., p. 797
  4. ^ "The International Plant Names Index", retrieved 28 March 2015
  5. ^ "Tropicos.org", retrieved 28 March 2015
  6. ^ "ITIS", retrieved 28 March 2015
  7. ^ Eduardo Antonio Molinari-Novoa (2016), "Two New Lamiid Families For The Americas", Vol. 1, no. 7, pp. 1–4, archived from the original on 2016-06-10, retrieved 2016-05-17
  8. ^ The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016), "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG IV", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 181 (1): 1–20, doi:10.1111/boj.12385
  9. ^ Christenhusz, Maarten J.M.; Fay, Michael F.; Chase, Mark W. (2017). Plants of the World: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Vascular Plants. Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK: Kew Publishing and The University of Chicago Press. pp. 548–551. ISBN 9781842466360.