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Nematanthus
Sign in to saveNematanthus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae. All of its species are endemic to Brazil. Compared to other gesneriads, Nematanthus has leaves that are small, succulent, and hard-surfaced. The plant has a trailing, branching, and spreading habit; it is generally an epiphyte in nature and a hanging-basket plant in cultivation. The flower has fused petals. In some species, the flower has a "pouch" at the bottom. The fancied resemblance of such flowers to a goldfish gives these plants the common name goldfish plant or guppy plant.
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Nematanthus is referenced by 12 other articles, and connects out to Codonanthe, Brazil and plant.
Vinony files it under Endemic flora of Brazil, Epiphytes and Gesneriaceae genera.
Its subject is documented across 14 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
Sonqua Sunreed
PHYLUM
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 291
- With media
- 69
- Family
- Gesneriaceae
- Collections
- NCSC, UCONN, USF, CEPLAC, US, ESALQ
- Recorded in
- United States, Brasil, Brazil, Venezuela
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Gesneriaceae
- Image
- Nematanthus gregarius1.jpg
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- Commons category
- Nematanthus
- taxon name
- Nematanthus
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Nematanthus
- taxon common name
- 袋鼠花属
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Description
- Taxonomy
- Species
- Cultivation
- Cultivars
- Toxicity
- References
- External links
Nematanthus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae. All of its species are endemic to Brazil. Compared to other gesneriads, Nematanthus has leaves that are small, succulent, and hard-surfaced. The plant has a trailing, branching, and spreading habit; it is generally an epiphyte in nature and a hanging-basket plant in cultivation. The flower has fused petals. In some species, the flower has a "pouch" at the bottom. The fancied resemblance of such flowers to a goldfish gives these plants the common name goldfish plant or guppy plant.
Hummingbirds will often feed from the nectar-filled "goldfish" flowers.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nematanthus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.