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 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.
| Pearcea | |
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| Pearcea intermedia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Gesneriaceae |
| Genus: | Pearcea Regel |
| Species | |
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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
Species include:[1]
- Pearcea abunda (Wiehler) L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
- Pearcea bilabiata L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
- Pearcea cordata L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
- 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 (Wiehler) L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
- Pearcea intermedia L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
- Pearcea hypocyrtiflora (Hook. f.) Regel
- Pearcea pileifolia J.L. Clark & L.E. Skog
- Pearcea purpurea (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.