Biology:Crantzia
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
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| Close-up of Crantzia cristata in bloom | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Gesneriaceae |
| Genus: | Crantzia Scop. |
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Crantzia is a plant genus in the family Gesneriaceae. Crantzia species grow in damp or wet forests, mostly on Caribbean islands. Some are epiphytes, others are subshrubs or herbaceous plants with fibrous roots.[3]
Several taxa from the Gesneriaceae genus Alloplectus have been reclassified as Crantzia.
Giovanni Antonio Scopoli named the genus after botanist and physician Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz (1722–1799).[3]
References
- ↑ "Crantzia cristata (L.) Scop.". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew). http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2741388. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
- ↑ "Crantzia tigrina (H.Karst.) Fritsch". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew). http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2741425. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Weber, Anton; Skog, Laurence E. (2007-01-05). "Crantzia". http://www.genera-gesneriaceae.at/genera/crantzia.htm. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
External links
- Crantzia at The Plant List. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
Wikidata ☰ Q292898 entry
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