Alsobia
Sign in to saveAlsobia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae, native to Mexico, Guatemala, and Costa Rica. It contains four species.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderLamiales
- FamilyGesneriaceae
Observations recorded223
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Gesneriaceae
- Collections
- SRP
- Recorded in
- United States
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Alsobia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae, native to Mexico, Guatemala, and Costa Rica. It contains four species.
The species in the genus are succulent and stoloniferous herbs. They were previously included in the genus Episcia, but recent molecular studies have supported the separation of Alsobia from Episcia.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alsobia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.