Cyrtandra cleopatrae

Cyrtandra cleopatrae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Gesneriaceae
Genus:	Cyrtandra
Species:	C. cleopatrae
Binomial name
	Cyrtandra cleopatrae; &

Cyrtandra cleopatrae is a species of plant in the family Gesneriaceae endemic to the Philippines. It is a tropical shrub having recaulescent inflorescences composed of multiple purpled flowers that emerge on the plant stem from stubby shoots.^[3] It was first collected for science during a 1998^[4] expedition sponsored by the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh,^[3] from a location in Palawan called ^[4] (elev. 1550m),^[5] thus the specific epithet "cleopatrae". The taxon was first published in the Edinburgh Journal of Botany in 2001.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Cyrtandra cleopatrae was originally published and described in Edinburgh Journal of Botany 58: 451. 2001. "Name - Cyrtandra cleopatrae H.J.Atkins & Cronk". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden (MOBOT). Retrieved 21 November 2013.
^ "TPL, treatment of Cyrtandra cleopatrae H.J.Atkins & Cronk". The Plant List; Version 1. (published on the internet). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and MOBOT. 2010. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
^ ^a ^b Ida Maspero (2003). "On your windowsill, around the world" (PDF). The Botanicus. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (13): 2–7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Plant Name Details for Cyrtandra cleopatrae". IPNI. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
^ Pelser, P.B.; J.F. Barcelona; D.L. Nickrent, eds. (1 October 2013). "Gesneriaceae: Cyrtandra J.R.Forst. & G.Forst". Co's Digital Flora of the Philippines. Retrieved 21 November 2013.

External links[]

H. Atkins; Q. C. B. Cronk (November 2001). "The Genus Cyrtandra (Gesneriaceae) in Palawan, Philippines". Edinburgh Journal of Botany. Cambridge University Press. 58 (3): 443–458. doi:10.1017/s0960428601000762.
Herbarium specimens: From JSTOR Plant Science
Map showing the location where living specimens of C. cleopatrae were collected: From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Living Plant Collection (via dataset held at Global Biodiversity Information Facility, or GBIF.org)

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[trop-1] Cyrtandra cleopatrae was originally published and described in Edinburgh Journal of Botany 58: 451. 2001. "Name - Cyrtandra cleopatrae H.J.Atkins & Cronk". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden (MOBOT). Retrieved 21 November 2013.

[tpl-2] "TPL, treatment of Cyrtandra cleopatrae H.J.Atkins & Cronk". The Plant List; Version 1. (published on the internet). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and MOBOT. 2010. Retrieved 21 November 2013.

[im-3] Ida Maspero (2003). "On your windowsill, around the world" (PDF). The Botanicus. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (13): 2–7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2013.

[ipni-4] "Plant Name Details for Cyrtandra cleopatrae". IPNI. Retrieved 21 November 2013.

[co-5] Pelser, P.B.; J.F. Barcelona; D.L. Nickrent, eds. (1 October 2013). "Gesneriaceae: Cyrtandra J.R.Forst. & G.Forst". Co's Digital Flora of the Philippines. Retrieved 21 November 2013.

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