Crantzia
Sign in to saveCrantzia is a plant genus in the family Gesneriaceae. Crantzia species grow in damp or wet forests, mostly on Caribbean islands. Some are epiphytes, others are subshrubs or herbaceous plants with fibrous roots.
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GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderLamiales
- FamilyGesneriaceae
Observations recorded581
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- Named after
- Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz
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- Crantzia cristata flowers.jpg
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Crantzia is a plant genus in the family Gesneriaceae. Crantzia species grow in damp or wet forests, mostly on Caribbean islands. Some are epiphytes, others are subshrubs or herbaceous plants with fibrous roots.
Several taxa from the Gesneriaceae genus Alloplectus have been reclassified as Crantzia.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Crantzia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.