Corytoplectus

Corytoplectus
Corytoplectus cutucuensis
Scientific classification Edit this 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]

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