Cyrtandra (Neo-Latin, from Greek κυρτός, kyrtós, "curved", and ἀνήρ, anḗr, "male", in reference to their prominently curved stamens)[2] is a genus of flowering plants containing about 600 species,[3] with more being discovered often,[4] and is thus the largest genus in the family Gesneriaceae.[5] These plants are native to Southeast Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands, with the centre of diversity in Southeast Asia and the Malesian region.[5] The genus is common, but many species within it are very rare, localized, and endangered endemic plants.[4] The species can be difficult to identify because they are highly polymorphic and because they readily hybridize with each other.[3] The plants may be small herbs, vines, shrubs, epiphytes, or trees. The genus is characterized in part by having two stamens, and most species have white flowers, with a few red-, orange-, yellow-, and pink-flowered species known. Almost all species live in rainforest habitats.[4]
| Cyrtandra | |
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| Cyrtandra cyaneoides | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Gesneriaceae |
| Subfamily: | Didymocarpoideae |
| Genus: | Cyrtandra J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. (1776) |
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600+, see list | |
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It is an example of a supertramp genus.[4]
Hawaiian Cyrtandra are known as ha‘iwale.[3]
Species
editSelected species include:
- Cyrtandra argentii
- Cyrtandra calyptribracteata
- Cyrtandra cleopatrae
- Cyrtandra crenata – Kahana Valley cyrtandra
- Cyrtandra cyaneoides – mapele
- Cyrtandra dentata – mountain cyrtandra
- Cyrtandra elegans
- Cyrtandra giffardii – forest cyrtandra
- Cyrtandra heinrichii – lava cyrtandra
- Cyrtandra laxiflora – Oahu cyrtandra
- Cyrtandra munroi – Lanaihale cyrtandra
- Cyrtandra oenobarba – shaggystem cyrtandra
- Cyrtandra paliku – cliffside cyrtandra
- Cyrtandra paludosa – kanaweo ke'oke'o
- Cyrtandra platyphylla – 'ilihia
- Cyrtandra polyantha – Niu Valley cyrtandra
- Cyrtandra subumbellata – parasol cyrtandra
- Cyrtandra tintinnabula – Laupahoehoe cyrtandra
- Cyrtandra viridiflora – greenleaf cyrtandra
- Cyrtandra waiolani – fuzzyflower cyrtandra
- Cyrtandra wawrae – rockface cyrtandra
References
edit- ^ Cyrtandra Forst. & G.Forst. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ Weber, Anton; et al. (2007), "Cyrtandra", The Genera of Gesneriaceae (2nd ed.), Vienna
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link). - ^ a b c Clermontia and Cyrtandra. DNA Barcoding Endemic Hawaiian Species Project. University of Hawaii, Hilo.
- ^ a b c d Quentin C. B. Cronk; Michael Kiehn; Warren L. Wagner; James F. Smith (2005). "Evolution of Cyrtandra (Gesneriaceae) in the Pacific Ocean: the origin of a supertramp clade". American Journal of Botany. 92 (6): 1017–1024. doi:10.3732/ajb.92.6.1017. JSTOR 4126079. PMID 21652486.
- ^ a b David H. Lorence; Steven Perlman (2007). "A new species of Cyrtandra (Gesneriaceae) from Hawai'i, Hawaiian Islands". Novon. 17 (3): 357–361. doi:10.3417/1055-3177(2007)17[357:ANSOCG]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 20406191. S2CID 86206807.
Further reading
edit- H. Atkins; Q. C. B. Cronk (2001). "The genus Cyrtandra (Gesneriaceae) in Palawan, Philippines". Edinburgh Journal of Botany. 58 (3): 443–458. doi:10.1017/S0960428601000762.