Pheidonocarpa is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae.[2] It includes a single species, Pheidonocarpa corymbosa, a lithophytic subshrub native to Cuba and Jamaica.[1]

Pheidonocarpa
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Gesneriaceae
Genus: Pheidonocarpa
L.E.Skog (1976)
Species:
P. corymbosa
Binomial name
Pheidonocarpa corymbosa
(Sw.) L.E.Skog (1976)
Subspecies[1]
  • Pheidonocarpa corymbosa subsp. corymbosa
  • Pheidonocarpa corymbosa subsp. cubensis (C.V.Morton) L.E.Skog
Synonyms[1]
  • Gesneria corymbosa Sw. (1788)
  • Heppiella corymbosa (Sw.) Urb. (1901)
  • Pentaraphia corymbosa (Sw.) Hanst. (1865)

Subspecies

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Twp subspecies are accepted:[1]

  • Pheidonocarpa corymbosa subsp. corymbosa – Jamaica
  • Pheidonocarpa corymbosa subsp. cubensis (C.V.Morton) L.E.Skog (synonyms Gesneria mortonii Wiehler, Heppiella cubensis C.V.Morton, and Pheidonocarpa cubensis (C.V.Morton) Borhidi) – eastern Cuba

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Pheidonocarpa corymbosa (Sw.) L.E.Skog | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Pheidonocarpa L.E.Skog | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 May 2021.