Cantua

Cantua
	Cantua buxifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Polemoniaceae
Genus:	Cantua; J.Juss. ex Lam.

Cantua is a genus of flowering plants in the family Polemoniaceae which is in the order Ericales. They are restricted to central South America where many species are endemics in the countries of occurrence.

There are currently about 12^[1] recognised species including:^[2]^[3]

Cantua bicolor Lem., native to Bolivia and Peru
Cantua buxifolia Juss. ex Lam., native to Bolivia
Cantua candelilla Brand
Cantua cuzcoensis Infantes
Cantua dendritica J.M.Porter & Prather
Cantua flexuosa (Ruiz & Pav.) Pers.
Cantua mediamnis J.M.Porter & Prather
Cantua pyrifolia Juss. ex Lam.
Cantua quercifolia Juss.
Cantua volcanica J.M.Porter & Prather

Synonyms include:

Huthia Brand
Periphragmos Ruiz & Pav.
Tunaria Kuntze

References

^ Porter, J. Mark and L. Alan Prather (2008). "Cantua dendritica (Polemoniaceae), a new species from Peru, and two new Cantua names" (PDF). Aliso. 25. Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden: 31–35.
^ Monfils, Anna K. and L. Alan Prather (2010). "'Phylogeny of Cantua (Polemoniaceae): Evidence from Chloroplast and Nuclear DNA Sequence Data". Systematic Botany. 35 (4). The American Society of Plant Taxonomists: 877–884. doi:10.1600/036364410X539925.
^ Plant Systematics - Cantua

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[1] Porter, J. Mark and L. Alan Prather (2008). "Cantua dendritica (Polemoniaceae), a new species from Peru, and two new Cantua names" (PDF). Aliso. 25. Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden: 31–35.

[2] Monfils, Anna K. and L. Alan Prather (2010). "'Phylogeny of Cantua (Polemoniaceae): Evidence from Chloroplast and Nuclear DNA Sequence Data". Systematic Botany. 35 (4). The American Society of Plant Taxonomists: 877–884. doi:10.1600/036364410X539925.

[3] Plant Systematics - Cantua

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