Suessenguthia is a genus of the Acanthaceae plant family comprising eight species of shrubs with showy, tubular flowers arranged in few-flowered heads. It occurs in the lowlands and Andean foothills of southern Peru, Bolivia, and the Brazilian state of Acre, often growing in small groups along rivers.
Schmidt-Lebuhn, A.N. (2003). A taxonomic revision of the genus Suessenguthia Merxm. (Acanthaceae). Candollea 58: 101–128.
Schmidt-Lebuhn, A.N., M. Kessler & J. Müller (2005). Evolution of Suessenguthia (Acanthaceae) inferred from morphology, AFLP data, and ITS rDNA sequences. Organisms, Diversity & Evolution 5: 1–13.
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suessenguthia, genus, acanthaceae, plant, family, comprising, eight, species, shrubs, with, showy, tubular, flowers, arranged, flowered, heads, occurs, lowlands, andean, foothills, southern, peru, bolivia, brazilian, state, acre, often, growing, small, groups,. Suessenguthia is a genus of the Acanthaceae plant family comprising eight species of shrubs with showy tubular flowers arranged in few flowered heads It occurs in the lowlands and Andean foothills of southern Peru Bolivia and the Brazilian state of Acre often growing in small groups along rivers SuessenguthiaSuessenguthia trochilophilaScientific classificationKingdom PlantaeClade TracheophytesClade AngiospermsClade EudicotsClade AsteridsOrder LamialesFamily AcanthaceaeSubfamily AcanthoideaeTribe RuellieaeGenus SuessenguthiaMerxm 1953 Species 1 8 see textSuessenguthia is similar to and closely related to the better known and larger genus Sanchezia Suessenguthia multisetosa from eastern Bolivia is one of the more known species as it is cultivated for ornamental use Species editEight species are accepted 1 Suessenguthia barthleniana Schmidt Leb Suessenguthia cuscoensis Wassh Suessenguthia koessleri Schmidt Leb Suessenguthia multisetosa Rusby Wassh amp J R I Wood ex Schmidt Lebuhn Suessenguthia trochilophila Merxm Suessenguthia vargasii Wassh Suessenguthia wallnoeferi Wassh Suessenguthia wenzelii Schmidt Leb References edit a b Suessenguthia Merxm Plants of the World Online Retrieved 7 February 2024 Schmidt Lebuhn A N 2003 A taxonomic revision of the genus Suessenguthia Merxm Acanthaceae Candollea 58 101 128 Schmidt Lebuhn A N M Kessler amp J Muller 2005 Evolution of Suessenguthia Acanthaceae inferred from morphology AFLP data and ITS rDNA sequences Organisms Diversity amp Evolution 5 1 13 External links editTree of Life Project nbsp This Acanthaceae article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Suessenguthia amp oldid 1204832285, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
