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Peltanthera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
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Order:
Family:
incertae sedis[1]
Genus:
Peltanthera

Species:
P. floribunda
Binomial name
Peltanthera floribunda
Synonyms[2]
  • Peltanthera costaricensis (Standl. & Steyerm.) Cuatrec.
  • Valerioa costaricensis Standl. & Steyerm.

Peltanthera is a genus of flowering plants containing a single species, P. floribunda. The genus was originally placed in family Loganiaceae[3] and has since been variously placed in Buddlejaceae,[4] Scrophulariaceae,[5] Gesneriaceae,[6] or in its own family Peltantheraceae.[5][7] As of 2016, it is considered by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group to be unplaced in any family, but within the order Lamiales.[1]

The plant is a tree with opposite leaf arrangement.[3] The leaves are large and elliptic in shape. It has white fragrant flowers in a cymose inflorescence with trichotomous branches. The calyx and corolla each have five lobes, and there are five stamens. The two locules of the ovary each contain many seeds.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016), "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG IV", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 181 (1): 1–20, doi:10.1111/boj.12385
  2. ^ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  3. ^ a b c Bentham, George; Hooker, Joseph Dalton, Genera Plantarum, vol. 2, Reeve & Co., p. 797 {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |lastauthoramp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 28 March 2015
  5. ^ a b Tropicos.org, retrieved 28 March 2015
  6. ^ ITIS, retrieved 28 March 2015
  7. ^ Eduardo Antonio Molinari-Novoa (2016), Two New Lamiid Families For The Americas (PDF), vol. 1, pp. 1–4