Sinningia bullata
Appearance
Sinningia bullata | |
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Showing tuber and growth habit | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Gesneriaceae |
Genus: | Sinningia |
Species: | S. bullata
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Binomial name | |
Sinningia bullata Chautems et al., 2010
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Sinningia bullata is a tuberous member of the flowering plant family Gesneriaceae. It produces small orange-red flowers and is found in Brazil.[1] It is named for its bullate leaves, and also produces a woolly backing to its leaves.[2]
References
- ^ Chautems, Alain; Lopes, Thereza Cristina Costa; Peixoto, Mauro; Rossini, Josiene (2010). "Taxonomic Revision of Sinningia Nees (Gesneriaceae) IV: Six New Species from Brazil and a Long Overlooked Taxon". Candollea. 65 (2): 241–266. doi:10.15553/c2010v652a6. ISSN 0373-2967.
- ^ "Sinningia bullata | Gesneriad Reference Web". Retrieved 2022-04-13.
Further reading
- Pereira-Dias, Francis, and Marisa Santos. "Adaptive strategies against water stress: a study comparing leaf morphoanatomy of rupicolous and epiphytic species of Gesneriaceae." Brazilian Journal of Botany 38.4 (2015): 911–919.
- Ferreira, Gabriel Emiliano, Alain Chautems, and Jorge Luiz Waechter. "A new unexpected record of Sinningia bullata Chautems & M. Peixoto (Gesneriaceae) in Southern Brazil." Rodriguésia 65.4 (2014): 1037–1042.
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