Alloplectus

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Gesneriaceae
Subfamilia: Gesnerioideae
Tribus: Gesnerieae
Subtribus: Columneinae
Genus: Alloplectus
Species: A. aquatilis – A. dimorphobracteatus – A. hispidus – A. inflatus – A. tessmannii – A. weirii

Source(s) of checklist:
Name

Alloplectus Mart., , Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. (Martius) 3(1): 53 (1829) nom. et typ. cons.

Type species: Alloplectus hispidus (Kunth) Mart., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. (Martius) 3(3): 189. (1832)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Calycoplectus Oerst.
Cobananthus Wiehler
Heintzia H.Karst.

Note: There is significant disagreement with respect to the circumscription of this genus across the secondary sources below, therefore this circumscription is sensu Clark et al. (2020) & Clark (2005).
Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental:Mexico & Southern America
Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico Southeast, Peru, Venezuela

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References
Primary references

Martius, C.F.P. de 1829–1832. Nova genera et species plantarum quas in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII–MDCCCXX jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae regis augustissimi suscepto collegit et descripsit Dr. C. F. P. de Martius ..., vol. 3. Pp. 1–198, tt. 201–300. Typis C. Wolf, Monachii [Munich]. BHL plates Reference page. : 3(1): 53.

Additional references

Clark, J.L. 2005. A monograph of Alloplectus (Gesneriaceae). Selbyana 25(2): 182-209. JSTOR PDF Reference page.
Clark J.L., Skog L.E., Boggan J.K. & Ginzbarg, S. 2020. Index to names of New World members of the Gesneriaceae (subfamilies Sanangoideae and Gesnerioideae). Rheedea: Official Journal of Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy 30(1): 190-256. DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2020.30.01.14 PDF Reference page.
Weber, A., Clark, J.L. & Möller, M. 2013. A new formal classification of Gesneriaceae, Selbyana 31: 68-94. PDF ResearchGate Reference page.
Weber, A., Middleton, D.J. & Clark, J.L. 2020. Keys to the infrafamilial taxa and genera of Gesneriaceae. Rheedia: Journal of the Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy 30(1): 05-47. DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2020.30.01.02 PDF Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Alloplectus in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 July 23. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2020. Alloplectus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 July 23. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Alloplectus. Published online. Accessed: July 23 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Alloplectus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 July 23.
Tropicos.org: Vascular Plants of the Americas: Alloplectus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 July 23.

Vernacular names

Alloplectus is a genus of Neotropical plants in the flowering plant family Gesneriaceae. A recent revision of the genus includes five species, with the majority of species in the genus as traditionally circumscribed being transferred to Crantzia, Glossoloma, and Drymonia.[1]

Species

Alloplectus aquatilis C.V. Morton
Alloplectus hispidus (Kunth) Mart.
Alloplectus inflatus J.L. Clark & L.E. Skog
Alloplectus tessmannii Mansf.
Alloplectus weirii (Kuntze) Wiehler

Transferred species

Alloplectus herthae = Glossoloma herthae
Alloplectus martinianus = Glossoloma martinianum
Alloplectus penduliflorus = Glossoloma penduliflorum
Alloplectus tetragonus = Glossoloma tetragonum

References

J. L. Clark (2005). "A monograph of Alloplectus (Gesneriaceae)". Selbyana. 25 (2): 182–209. JSTOR 41760463.