Besleria is a genus of ca. 200 species of large herbs and soft-stemmed subshrubs or shrubs in the flowering plant family Gesneriaceae. They occur in Central America, South America, and the West Indies.
| Besleria | |
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| Besleria comosa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Gesneriaceae |
| Genus: | Besleria Plum. ex L. |
| Type species | |
| Besleria lutea | |
| Species | |
About 200 | |
The closely related genus Gasteranthus was previously included in Besleria. The two genera have been separated on the basis of stomatal (aggregated in Gasteranthus, scattered in Besleria) and fruit (fleshy capsule in Gasteranthus, berry in Besleria) characters.[1]
Selected species
- Besleria aggregata
- Besleria comosa
- Besleria elegans
- Besleria fasciculata
- Besleria formosa
- Besleria leucostoma
- Besleria lutea L.
- Besleria macahensis
- Besleria melancholica
- Besleria miniata
- Besleria modica
- Besleria notabilis
- Besleria princeps
- Besleria quadrangulata
- Besleria triflora
Footnotes
References
- Wiehler, Hans. "BESLERIA L. AND THE RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF GASTERANTHUS BENTH. (GESNERIACEAE)." Selbyana 1, no. 2 (1975): 150–56.