Crantzia

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Crantzia

Genus of flowering plants

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]

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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

  1. [1]
    "Crantzia cristata (L.) Scop.". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 30 December 2013 – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
  2. [2]
    "Crantzia tigrina (H.Karst.) Fritsch". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 30 December 2013 – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
  3. [3]
    Weber, Anton; Skog, Laurence E. (2007-01-05). "Crantzia". The Genera of Gesneriaceae. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
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