Biology:Depanthus

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Depanthus
Depanthus glaber.jpg
Depanthus glaber
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Gesneriaceae
Genus: Depanthus
S.Moore

Depanthus is a genus of shrubs in the family Gesneriaceae. The genus is endemic to New Caledonia in the Pacific and contains two species.[1] It is related to Negria and Fieldia (syn. Lenbrassia).[2]

List of species

  • Depanthus glaber (C.B.Clarke) S.Moore
  • Depanthus pubescens Guillaumin

References

  1. Morat, P.; T. Jaffré; F. Tronchet; J. Munzinger; Y. Pillon; J. M. Veillon; M. Chalopin (2012). "The taxonomic reference base Florical and characteristics of the native vascular flora of New Caledonia". Adansonia 34 (2): 179–221. doi:10.5252/a2012n2a1. 
  2. Woo, V. L., Funke, M. M., Smith, J. F., Lockhart, P. J., & Garnock-Jones, P. J. (2011). New World origins of southwest Pacific Gesneriaceae: multiple movements across and within the South Pacific. International Journal of Plant Sciences, 172(3), 434-457. http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/658183

Wikidata ☰ Q8354768 entry