Sanango | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Gesneriaceae |
Subfamily: | Sanangoideae A.Weber, J.L.Clark & Mich.Möller [1] |
Genus: | Sanango G.S.Bunting & J.A.Duke (1961) |
Species: | S. racemosum
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Binomial name | |
Sanango racemosum (Ruiz & Pav.) Barringer (1986)
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Sanango is a genus of flowering plants containing a single species, Sanango racemosum. It is a shrub or tree native to Ecuador and Peru.[2]
The genus was originally placed in family Loganiaceae[3] but has since been variously placed in Scrophulariaceae,[4] Gesneriaceae[5] and Buddlejaceae.[6] As of 2016 it is considered to be the sister genus to the family Gesneriaceae as previously defined, and the family was tentatively enlarged to include the genus, pending a revision of the families included in Lamiales.[7] It has been placed as the only genus in the monotypic subfamily Sanangoideae.[1]