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Sarmienta
Sign in to saveSarmienta scandens, the Chilean pitcher flower, is a species of flowering plant, and the sole member of its genus within the family Gesneriaceae. It is an epiphyte native to the cool temperate rainforest of southern and central Chile.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderLamiales
- FamilyGesneriaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5
- With media
- 3
- Family
- Gesneriaceae
- Collections
- B, VT, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Chile
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- Sarmienta
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- taxon common name
- 吊钟苣苔属
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Sarmienta scandens, the Chilean pitcher flower, is a species of flowering plant, and the sole member of its genus within the family Gesneriaceae. It is an epiphyte native to the cool temperate rainforest of southern and central Chile.
The Latin specific epithet scandens means "climbing".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sarmienta” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.