Crantzia

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: Crantzia
Species: C. cristata – C. epirotes – C. spectabilis – C. tigrina

Source(s) of checklist:

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.

Name

Crantzia Scop., Introd. 173. 1777.
Type species: Crantzia cristata (L.) Scop. ex Fritsch

Synonyms

Homotypic
Lophalix Raf., Sylva Tell. 70. 1838.
Lophia Desv. ex Ham., Prodr. Pl. Indiae Occid. 16: 47. 1825, nom. illeg.

Heterotypic
Heintzia H.Karst., Auswahl. Gewächse Venezuela 34. Dec 1848.
Type species: Heintzia tigrina H.Karst.
Prionoplectus Oerst., Centralamer. Gesner. 44. 1858.
Type species: non design.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
References
Primary references

Scopoli, I.A. 1777. Introductio ad historiam naturalem sistens genera lapidum, plantarum, et animalium hactenus detecta, caracteribus essentialibus donata, in tribus divisa, subinde ad leges naturae. 540 pp. Apud Wolfgangum Gerle, Pragae [Prague]. BHL Reference page. : 173.

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.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Crantzia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Sep 03. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Crantzia. Published online. Accessed: Sep 03 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Crantzia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 03 Sep 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Crantzia. 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 online. Accessed: 2021 Sep 03. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Crantzia. Accessed: 03 Sep 2021.

Vernacular names
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]

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

"Crantzia cristata (L.) Scop.". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 30 December 2013 – via The Plant List.
"Crantzia tigrina (H.Karst.) Fritsch". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 30 December 2013 – via The Plant List.
Weber, Anton; Skog, Laurence E. (2007-01-05). "Crantzia". The Genera of Gesneriaceae. Retrieved 30 December 2013.