Gesneriaceae

Besleria Plum. ex L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 619 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Mexico to Tropical America.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt. (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 31, 2017 Tredwell [112] Peru K001611441 Yes
Jan 1, 1935 Cooper, J.J. [5879] Costa Rica K000601545 Type Yes
Santamaría, D.; Monro, A.K. [10157] Costa Rica K001561828 Yes
Santamaría, D.; Monro, A.K. [10167] Costa Rica K001561829 Yes
Monro, A.K.; Santamaría, D. [8017] Costa Rica K001561817 Yes
Monro, A.K.; Santamaría, D. [8175] Costa Rica K001561813 Yes
Santamaría, D.; Monro, A.K. [10073] Costa Rica K001561831 Yes
Allen, P.H. [4943] Panama K000601501 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rodríguez, A.; Solano, D.; Gamboa, E.; Chacón Chavarría, O.; Samaniego, D. [10903] Costa Rica K001890049 Yes
Harling, G.; Andersson, L. [23654] Ecuador K001870672 No
Peru K:SPC-44866.000 No
Haught, O. [1668] Colombia K000601503 Type Yes
Colombia K:SPC-44880.000 No

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 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 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0