Loxocarpus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae. It includes 26 species native to Malesia, ranging from southern Thailand to Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, and Borneo.[1] Many of its species were formerly placed in the genus Henckelia.[2]

Loxocarpus
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Gesneriaceae
Subfamily: Didymocarpoideae
Genus: Loxocarpus
R.Br. (1840)
Type species
Loxocarpus incanus
Species[1]

26; see text

Species

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26 species are accepted.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Loxocarpus R.Br. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  2. ^ Middleton, D.J.; Weber, A.; Yao, T.L.; Sontag, S.; Möller, M. (2013), "The Current Status of the Species Hitherto Assigned to Henckelia (Gesneriaceae)", Edinburgh Journal of Botany, 70 (3): 385–404, doi:10.1017/S0960428613000127