Biology:Sinningia bullata

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Sinningia bullata
Sinningia bullata.jpg
Showing tuber and growth habit
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Gesneriaceae
Genus: Sinningia
Species:
S. bullata
Binomial name
Sinningia bullata
Chautems et al., 2010

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

  1. 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. 
  2. "Sinningia bullata | Gesneriad Reference Web" (in en-US). https://gesneriads.info/genera/sinningia-bullata/. 

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.

Wikidata ☰ Q21326964 entry