Gesneriaceae
Niphaea

Niphaea mexicana C.V.Morton

First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1936: 15 (1936)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central & SW. Mexico. It grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Mexico Central, Mexico Southwest

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Boggan, J.K., Skog, L.E. & Roalson, E.H. (2008). A review of the Neotropical genera Amalophyllon, Niphaea, and Phinaea (Gesneriaceae-Gloxinieae). Selbyana 29: 157-176.
  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Boggan, J.K., Skog, L.E. & Roalson, E.H. (2008). A review of the Neotropical genera Amalophyllon, Niphaea, and Phinaea (Gesneriaceae-Gloxinieae). Selbyana 29: 157-176.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 10, 1976 Hinton, G.B. [4544], Mexico K000479997 holotype Yes
Jan 10, 1976 Hinton, G.B. [1277], Mexico K000479998 Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0