Phinaea

Phinaea
Phinea albolineata, Niphea argyroneura, c1850
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Gesneriaceae
Genus:
Benth. (1876)
Species[1]

3; see text

Phinaea is a genus of flowering plants in family Gesneriaceae. It contains three species native to the Americas, including western and central Mexico, Cuba and Haiti, and Colombia and northern Brazil.[1]

Species

Three species are accepted.[1]

  • Phinaea albolineata (Hook.) Benth. ex Hemsl. – northeastern Colombia and northern Brazil (Pará)
  • Phinaea multiflora C.V.Morton – western and central Mexico
  • Phinaea pulchella (Griseb.) C.V.Morton – western Cuba and Haiti
    • Phinaea pulchella var. domingensis (Urb. & Ekman) C.V.Morton – Haiti (Massif de la Hotte)
    • Phinaea pulchella var. pulchella – western Cuba

Formerly placed here

References

  1. ^ a b c Phinaea Benth. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
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