Blakea
Blakea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae. There are about 100 species distributed from Mexico to Bolivia and the Antilles. They are climbers, shrubs, and trees, some epiphytic.[1]
| Blakea | |
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| Blakea eriocalyx | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Melastomataceae |
| Genus: | Blakea P.Browne |
Species include:
- Blakea acostae Wurdack
- Blakea attenboroughi, named after the naturalist and television presenter David Attenborough[1]
- Blakea brunnea Gleason
- Blakea campii Wurdack
- Blakea eriocalyx Wurdack
- Blakea formicaria Wurdack
- Blakea glandulosa Gleason
- Blakea gracilis Hemsl.
- Blakea granatensis Naudin
- Blakea harlingii Wurdack
- Blakea hispida Markgr.
- Blakea incompta Markgr.
- Blakea involvens Markgr.
- Blakea jativae Wurdack
- Blakea languinosa Wurdack
- Blakea madisonii Wurdack
- Blakea oldemanii Wurdack
- Blakea pichinchensis Wurdack
- Blakea rotundifolia D.Don
- Blakea subvaginata Wurdack
References
- Penneys, D. S., & Jost, L. (2009). Blakea attenboroughii (Melastomataceae: Blakeeae): a new species from Ecuador. Archived June 17, 2016, at the Wayback Machine Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 60(1), 69.
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