Epithema[1][2] is a genus of plants in the family Gesneriaceae and subfamily Didymocarpoideae. Species distribution records are mostly from western tropical Africa to Uganda, tropical and subtropical Asia.

Epithema
Epithema carnosum var. hispida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Gesneriaceae
Subfamily: Didymocarpoideae
Genus: Epithema
Blume, 1826

Species edit

 
Epithema sarawakense flower

The Catalogue of Life lists:[2]

References edit

  1. ^ von Blume CL (1826) Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 14: 737.
  2. ^ a b Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2014). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 25 July 2019.

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