Diastema (plant)

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Diastema
Diastema affine
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Gesneriaceae
Genus: Diastema
Benth. 1845, “1844”
Type species
Diastema racemiferum
Benth.
Species

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Diastema is a genus of flowering plant in the family Gesneriaceae containing approximately 20 species ranging from Mexico to Bolivia and Venezuela.[1]

Species[edit]

Diastema contains at least 20 valid species as of 2013.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Weber, A. & L.E. Skog (2007-01-05). "Diastema". The genera of Gesneriaceae. Basic information with illustration of selected species (2nd ed.).
  2. ^ "Diastema". The Plant List Version 1.1. Retrieved 18 March 2014.