Briggsia (plant)
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Briggsia is a genus that consists of 22 species of herbaceous perennials, native to the Himalayas, China and Vietnam. These rhizomous plants with stems or stemless are rarely branched. Leaves few to many, crowded at the tips. Flowers are bell-shaped, 2–3 cm long, with 1–2 cm in diameter, with 2-lipped petals in blue, purple to red, or orange to white, spotted within.
Species
Species include:[2]
- Briggsia acutiloba K.Y.Pan
- Briggsia agnesiae (Forrest ex W.W.Sm.) Craib
- Briggsia amabilis (Diels) Craib
- Briggsia aurantiaca B.L.Burtt
- Briggsia chienii Chun
- Briggsia dongxingensis Chun ex K.Y.Pan
- Briggsia elegantissima (Lév. & Vaniot) Craib
- Briggsia forrestii Craib
- Briggsia humilis K.Y.Pan
- Briggsia kurzii (C.B.Clarke) W.E.Evans
- Briggsia latisepala Chun ex K.Y.Pan
- Briggsia longicaulis W.T.Wang & K.Y.Pan
- Briggsia longifolia Craib
- Briggsia longipes (Hemsl. ex Oliv.) Craib
- Briggsia mairei Craib
- Briggsia mihieri (Franch.) Craib
- Briggsia parvifolia K.Y.Pan
- Briggsia pinfaensis (Lév.) Craib
- Briggsia rosthornii (Diels) B.L.Burtt
- Briggsia speciosa (Hemsl.) Craib
- Briggsia stewardii Chun
References
- ^ "Gesneriaceae - Briggsia (Craib)". International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
- ^ The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, retrieved October 1, 2015
- Botanica_Sistematica
- Wencai Wang; Kai-yu Pan; Zhen-yu Li; Anna L. Weitzman; Laurence E. Skog, "Briggsia Craib, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh. 11: 236. 1919", Flora of China, vol. 18
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