Cobananthus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae, with a single species Cobananthus calochlamys.[3] It is a subshrub native to southern Mexico (Chiapas) and Guatemala. It is sometimes included in the genus Alloplectus,[2] but molecular phylogenetic studies suggest that the two genera are not closely related, with Cobananthus more closely related to Alsobia.[4][5]

Cobananthus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Gesneriaceae
Subfamily: Gesnerioideae
Genus: Cobananthus
Wiehler[2]
Species:
C. calochlamys
Binomial name
Cobananthus calochlamys
(Donn.Sm.) Wiehler[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Alloplectus calochlamys Donn.Sm.
  • Columnea calochlamys (Donn.Sm.) C.V.Morton

References

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  1. ^ "Cobananthus calochlamys (Donn.Sm.) Wiehler", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2021-04-15
  2. ^ a b c "Cobananthus Wiehler", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2021-04-15
  3. ^ 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, 30 (1): 190–256, doi:10.22244/rheedea.2020.30.01.14
  4. ^ Clark, John L.; Funke, Mindie M.; Duffy, Aaron M. & Smithy, James F. (2012), "Phylogeny of a Neotropical Clade in the Gesneriaceae: More Tales of Convergent Evolution", International Journal of Plant Sciences, 173 (8): 894–916, doi:10.1086/667229, S2CID 30060543
  5. ^ Mora, M. Marcela & Clark, John L. (2016), "Molecular Phylogeny of the Neotropical Genus Paradrymonia (Gesneriaceae), Reexamination of Generic Concepts and the Resurrection of Trichodrymonia and Centrosolenia", Systematic Botany, 41 (1): 82–104, doi:10.1600/036364416X690561, S2CID 88416143