Corytoplectus | |
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Corytoplectus cutucuensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Gesneriaceae |
Genus: | Corytoplectus Oerst. (1858)[1][2] |
Type species | |
Corytoplectus capitatus | |
Species[1] | |
12; see text | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Diplolegnon Rusby (1900) |
Corytoplectus is a genus in the plant family Gesneriaceae. Plants from Corytoplectus are found in Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, southwestern Mexico, Peru, Venezuela,[1] in the cloud-forests of the high cordillera.[3] The genus contains c. 12 species.[1] The genus differs from the closely related Alloplectus in having an erect umbellate inflorescence and berries.[3] The type species is C. capitatus.[3]