Besleria

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: Beslerieae
Subtribus: Besleriinae
Genus: Besleria
Species:B. affinis – B. aggregata – B. angusta – B. angustiflora – B. arborescens – B. arbusta – B. ardens – B. aristeguitae – B. attenuata – B. aurea – B. barbata – B. barbensis – B. barclayi – B. beltranii – B. boliviana – B. brevicalyx – B. calantha – B. calycina – B. campanulata – B. capitata – B. cinnabarina – B. citrina – B. clivorum – B. cognata – B. columneoides – B. comosa – B. compta – B. concinna – B. concolor – B. conformis – B. connata – B. conspecta – B. crassa – B. cyrtanthemum – B. decipiens – B. deflexa – B. delvillari – B. diabolica – B. disgrega – B. discreta – B. divaricata – B. duarteana – B. elegans – B. elongata – B. emendata – B. eriocalyx – B. fallax – B. fasciculata – B. fecunda – B. ferreyrae – B. filipes – B. flava – B. flavo-virens – B. floribunda – B. florida – B. fluminensis – B. formicaria – B. formosa – B. furva – B. gibbosa – B. glabra – B. gracilenta – B. grandifolia – B. heterosepala – B. hirsuta – B. hirsutissima – B. hutchisonii – B. iara – B. illustris – B. imberbis – B. immitis – B. impressa – B. inaequalis – B. insolita – B. kalbreyeri – B. labiosa – B. laeta – B. lanceolata – B. lasiantha – B. laxiflora – B. lehmannii – B. leucocarpa – B. leucostoma – B. longimucronata – B. longipedunculata – B. longipes – B. lucida – B. lutea – B. macahensis – B. macrocalyx – B. macropoda – B. melancholica – B. membranacea – B. meridionalis – B. microphylla – B. miniata – B. mirifica – B. modica – B. montana – B. moorei – B. mortoniana – B. mucronata – B. naquenensis – B. neblinae – B. nemorosa – B. nitens – B. notabilis – B. nubigena – B. obliqua – B. obtusa – B. ornata – B. ovalifolia – B. ovoidea – B. oxyphylla – B. pallidiflora – B. parviflora – B. patrisii – B. pauciflora – B. pendula – B. penduliflora – B. pennellii – B. peruviana – B. petiolaris – B. physaloides – B. placita – B. princeps – B. quadrangulata – B. racemosa – B. rara – B. reticulata – B. rhytidophyllum – B. riparia – B. robusta – B. rosea – B. rotundifolia – B. salicifolia – B. santaclarencis – B. saxicola – B. seitzii – B. selloana – B. sieberiana – B. silverstoneana – B. solanoides – B. spinulosa – B. spissa – B. sprucei – B. standleyi – B. steyermarkiorum – B. strigillosa – B. subcarnosa – B. symphytum – B. tambensis – B. tetrangularis – B. trichiata – B. trichostegia – B. triflora – B. tuberculata – B. umbrosa – B. vargasii – B. variabilis – B. ventricosa – B. vestita – B. villosa – B. yaracuyensis – B. yatuana
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2016. Besleria in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2016 April 07. Reference page.

Name

Besleria L., Sp. Pl. 619. 1753.
Type species: Besleria lutea L.

Synonyms

Pterobesleria C.V.Morton, Fieldiana, Bor., 28: No. 3, 532 (1953)
Cyrtanthemum Oerst., Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. V. 5: 130
Gasteranthopsis Oerst., Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. V. 5: 129 (Gesn. Centr. Am. 55. t. 10, f. 1) (1861)
Hematophyla Raf., Sylva Tellur. 71 (1838)
Parabesleria Oerst., Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. V. 5: 126 (Gesn. Centr. Am. 52. t. 6) (1861)
Eriphia P.Browne
Pseudobesleria Oerst.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
References
Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 619.

Additional references

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. 2021. Besleria in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Aug 31. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Besleria. Published online. Accessed: Aug 31 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Besleria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Aug 31.
Hassler, M. 2021. Besleria. 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. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Aug 31. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Besleria. Accessed: 31 Aug 2021.

Vernacular names
čeština: Beslerie
日本語: 浆果岩桐属
русский: Беслерия

Besleria is a genus of ca. 200 species of large herbs and soft-stemmed subshrubs or shrubs in the flowering plant family Gesneriaceae. They occur in Central America, South America, and the West Indies.

The closely related genus Gasteranthus was previously included in Besleria. The two genera have been separated on the basis of stomatal (aggregated in Gasteranthus, scattered in Besleria) and fruit (fleshy capsule in Gasteranthus, berry in Besleria) characters.[1]

Selected species

Besleria aggregata
Besleria comosa
Besleria elegans
Besleria fasciculata
Besleria formosa
Besleria leucostoma
Besleria lutea L.
Besleria macahensis
Besleria melancholica
Besleria miniata
Besleria modica
Besleria notabilis
Besleria princeps
Besleria quadrangulata
Besleria triflora

Footnotes

Wiehler (1975)

References

Wiehler, Hans. "BESLERIA L. AND THE RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF GASTERANTHUS BENTH. (GESNERIACEAE)." Selbyana 1, no. 2 (1975): 150–56.