Henckelia

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Henckelia
Henckelia meeboldii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Gesneriaceae
Subfamily: Didymocarpoideae
Genus: Henckelia
Spreng., 1817

Henckelia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae. Many of its species were formerly placed in Didymocarpus sect. Orthoboea and in the genus Chirita.[1][2] Many species formerly placed in Henckelia have been moved to Codonoboea and Loxocarpus.[2]

Species[edit]

Species include:[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Weber, A.; Middleton, D.J.; Forrest, A.; Kiew, R.; Lim, C.L.; Rafidah, A.R.; Sontag, S.; Triboun, P.; Wei, Y.-G.; Yao, T.L.; Möller, M. (2011), "Molecular systematics and remodelling of Chirita and associated genera (Gesneriaceae)", Taxon, 60 (3): 767–790, doi:10.1002/tax.603012
  2. ^ a b c Middleton, D.J.; Weber, A.; Yao, T.L.; Sontag, S.; Möller, M. (2013), "The Current Status of the Species Hitherto Assigned to Henckelia (Gesneriaceae)", Edinburgh Journal of Botany, 70 (3): 385–404, doi:10.1017/S0960428613000127
  3. ^ Ranasinghe, Subhani; Milne, Richard; Jayasekara, Rohana; Rubasinghe, Sumudu; Möller, Michael (2016). "Henckelia wijesundarae (Gesneriaceae), a new endemic species from Sri Lanka, and lectotypification of Chirita walkerae and C. walkerae var. parviflora". Willdenowia. 46 (2). Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin (BGBM): 213–224. doi:10.3372/wi.46.46202.