Title
A study of the tribe Gesnerieae, with a revision of Gesneria (Gesneriaceae, Gesnerioideae)
Related Titles
Related/Analytical:
Gesnerieae, with a revision of Gesneria (Gesneriaceae, Gesnerioideae)
Series:
Smithsonian contributions to botany, no. 29
By
Skog, Laurence E.
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
Washington, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1976
Notes
Includes index.
A study is made of the tribe Gesnerieae of the family Gesneriaceae from the West Indies, giving information on history, anatomy and morphology, pollination and dispersal, and hybridization in the tribe. The tribe comprises 67 species in 3 genera: Rhytidophyllum, Gesneria, and Pheidonocarpa. The last genus is described as new, with a new species combination, Pheidonocarpa corymbosa (Swartz) L. Skog, and 2 subspecies. A revision of Gesneria Linnaeus is presented based on field and herbarium studies. Gesneria is divided into 9 sections, 46 species (a new species, Gesneria onychocalyx L. Skog, is described), 12 subspecies, and 11 varieties. The taxonomic portion includes keys, synonymies, descriptions, typifications, distributions, and ecology, as well as distribution maps and illustrations of the taxa. Also enumerated in Appendix 1 are many species names once included in Gesnera or Gesneria, but which have been transferred to other genera. Two new combinations are made in this portion of the text: Rhytidophyllum cumanense (Hanstein) L. Skog and Rhytidophyllum onacaense (Rusby) L. Skog.
Subjects
Botany
,
Gesneria
,
Pheidonocarpa
,
Rhytidophyllum
,
West Indies
Call Number
QK1 .S2747 no. 29
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.122541
LCCN:
https://lccn.loc.gov/75619134
OCLC:
1365799
Wikidata:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51399068
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