Pearcea

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: Gloxiniinae
Genus: Pearcea
Species: P. abunda – P. bella – P. bilabiata – P. cordata – P. fuscicalyx – P. glabrata – P. gracilis – P. grandifolia – P. hispidissima – P. hypocyrtiflora – P. intermedia – P. pileifolia – P. purpurea – P. reticulata – P. rhodotricha – P. schimpfii – P. sprucei – P. strigosa
Name

Pearcea Regel, Gartenflora 16: 388. (1867)

Type species: Pearcea hypocyrtiflora (Hook.f.) Regel, Gartenflora 16: 388. (1867)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
Regional: Western South America
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru

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

Regel, E.A. von 1867. Gartenflora 16: 388.

Additional references

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. 2020. Pearcea in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Aug. 2. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Pearcea. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 2 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Pearcea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2 Aug. 2020.
Hassler, M. 2021. Pearcea. 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 08. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Pearcea. Accessed: 08 Sep 2021.

Vernacular names
русский: Пирсия

Pearcea is a South American genus of 17 species of tropical herbs in the flowering plant family Gesneriaceae. It is classified in tribe Gloxinieae and is closely related to the genus Kohleria, in which some of its species were previously included. The genus Parakohleria has recently been synonymized under Pearcea, a conclusion later supported by molecular analyses that showed that Pearcea hypocyrtiflora was nested within the former Parakohlerias.

The best-known and most widely cultivated species is Pearcea hypocyrtiflora, a low-growing herb with attractively marked leaves and unusual bubble-like red or orange flowers.
Species

Species include:[1]

Pearcea abunda (Wiehler) L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
Pearcea bilabiata L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
Pearcea cordata L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
Pearcea glabrata L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
Pearcea gracilis L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
Pearcea grandifolia L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
Pearcea hispidissima (Wiehler) L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
Pearcea intermedia L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
Pearcea hypocyrtiflora (Hook. f.) Regel
Pearcea pileifolia J.L. Clark & L.E. Skog
Pearcea purpurea (Poepp.) L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
Pearcea reticulata (Fritsch) L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
Pearcea rhodotricha (Cuatrec.) L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
Pearcea schimpfii Mansf.
Pearcea sprucei (Britton) L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
Pearcea strigosa L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog

References

The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, retrieved October 1, 2015

Roalson, E.H., J.K. Boggan, L.E. Skog, & E.A. Zimmer. 2005. Untangling the Gloxinieae (Gesneriaceae). I. Phylogenetic patterns and generic boundaries inferred from nuclear, chloroplast, and morphological cladistic data sets. Taxon 54 (2): 389–410.
Wiehler, H. 1978. Parakohleria, a new South American genus in the Gesneriaceae. Selbyana 5(1): 4–10.