Bellonia

Genus of Gesneriaceae plants

Bellonia

Bellonia aspera botanical illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Asterids
Order:  | Lamiales
Family:  | Gesneriaceae
Subfamily:  | Gesnerioideae
Genus:  | Bellonia
L.[1]
Species

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Bellonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae, native to Cuba and Hispaniola.[2] They have floral characters suggesting that they are buzz pollinated.[3]

## Species

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Currently accepted species include:[2]

* Bellonia aspera L. – Hispaniola
* Bellonia spinosa Sw. – Cuba and Hispaniola

## References

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1. ^ Sp. Pl.: 172 (1753)
2. ^ a b "Bellonia L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
3. ^ Clark, John L.; Roalson, Eric H.; Pritchard, Ross A.; Coleman, Cassandra L.; Teoh, View-Hune; Matos, Jesús (2011). "Independent Origin of Radial Floral Symmetry in the Gloxinieae (Gesnerioideae: Gesneriaceae) is Supported by the Rediscovery of Phinaea pulchella in Cuba". Systematic Botany. 36 (3): 757–767. doi:10.1600/036364411X583709. S2CID 86676772.

Taxon identifiers

Bellonia|

* Wikidata: Q8245902
* Wikispecies: Bellonia
* CoL: 39B5
* GBIF: 6365278
* GRIN: 1376
* iNaturalist: 528995
* IPNI: 329813-2
* IRMNG: 1380715
* ITIS: 825715
* NCBI: 71143
* Open Tree of Life: 613946
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:329813-2
* Tropicos: 40026236
* WFO: wfo-4000004371