Biology:Cantua

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Cantua
Cantua buxifolia Tiraque Bolivia.jpg
Cantua buxifolia
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: 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

  1. Porter, J. Mark and L. Alan Prather (2008). "Cantua dendritica (Polemoniaceae), a new species from Peru, and two new Cantua names". Aliso (Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden) 25: 31–35. http://www.rsabg.org/documents/research/mporter/Porter%26Prather2008.pdf. Retrieved 2010-12-14. 
  2. Monfils, Anna K. and L. Alan Prather (2010). "'Phylogeny of Cantua (Polemoniaceae): Evidence from Chloroplast and Nuclear DNA Sequence Data". Systematic Botany (The American Society of Plant Taxonomists) 35 (4): 877–884. doi:10.1600/036364410X539925. http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1600/036364410X539925. 
  3. Plant Systematics - Cantua

Wikidata ☰ Q2702528 entry