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== Species ==
== Species ==

The Smithsonian lists the following Boea species <ref>Skog, L.E. & J.K. Boggan. 2007. World Checklist of Gesneriaceae. Washington, DC: Dept. of Botany, Smithsonian Institution. http://botany.si.edu/Gesneriaceae/Checklist </ref>.
The Smithsonian lists the following Boea species <ref>Skog, L.E. & J.K. Boggan. 2007. World Checklist of Gesneriaceae. Washington, DC: Dept. of Botany, Smithsonian Institution. http://botany.si.edu/Gesneriaceae/Checklist </ref>.
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The Smithsonian also lists<ref>Skog, L.E. & J.K. Boggan. 2007. World Checklist of Gesneriaceae. Washington, DC: Dept. of Botany, Smithsonian Institution. http://botany.si.edu/Gesneriaceae/Checklist </ref>:
The Smithsonian also lists<ref>Skog, L.E. & J.K. Boggan. 2007. World Checklist of Gesneriaceae. Washington, DC: Dept. of Botany, Smithsonian Institution. http://botany.si.edu/Gesneriaceae/Checklist </ref>:
*Kaisupeea herbacea with the [[basionym]]: Boea herbacea
*Kaisupeea herbacea with the [[basionym]]: ''Boea herbacea''
*Leptoboea multiflora with the previous [[synonym]] Boea multiflora
*Leptoboea multiflora with the previous [[synonym]] ''Boea multiflora''


== References ==
== References ==
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[[Category:Gesneriaceae]]
[[Category:Gesneriaceae]]
[[Category:House plants]]
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[[Category:Flowers]]
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[[Category:Boea]]
[[Category:Gesneriads]]
[[Category:Boea hygroscopica]]

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Revision as of 21:40, 3 July 2013

Boea
Boea hygroscopica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Subkingdom:
Tracheobionta
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Subclass:
Asteridae
Order:
Lamiales
Family:
Gesneriaceae
Subfamily:
Cyrtandroideae
Tribe:
Didymocarpeae
Genus:
Boea

Type species
Boea magellanica
Lam.
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Dorcoceras Bunge
  • Chleterus Raf. (1814)

Boea is a genus of plants in the Gesneriaceae (Gesneriads) family, with species originating from Australia, China, India, Malaysia, Birma, Philippines, Polynesia, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Nepal, Bhutan, Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos [1]. They make good house plants(see main image), but also successfully grow in the wild.

For example, Boea hygroscopica, also known as the Rock Violet in Australia, occurs in Cape York Peninsula and Northeast Queensland as far south as Rockhampton, within an altitudide range from 60-900 metres. It grows along creek beds, on moist banks, moss-covered rocks in rainforest, open forest, vine forest and gallery forest. [2]

Some Boea species are known as types of resurrection plant due to their ability to survive dessication (e.g. Boea hygrometrica and Boea hygroscopica) [3] [4].

Species

The Smithsonian lists the following Boea species [5].

Boea clarkeana Boea dennisii Boea esquirolii
Boea geoffrayi Boea hemsleyana Boea hians
Boea hygrometrica Boea hygroscopica Boea kinnearii
Boea lawesii Boea magellanica Boea mollis
Boea philippensis Boea rosselensis Boea urvillei
Boea wallichii

The Smithsonian also lists[6]:

  • Kaisupeea herbacea with the basionym: Boea herbacea
  • Leptoboea multiflora with the previous synonym Boea multiflora

References

  1. ^ Skog, L.E. & J.K. Boggan. 2007. World Checklist of Gesneriaceae. Washington, DC: Dept. of Botany, Smithsonian Institution. http://botany.si.edu/Gesneriaceae/Checklist
  2. ^ Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants fact sheet, http://keys.trin.org.au/key-server/data/0e0f0504-0103-430d-8004-060d07080d04/media/Html/taxon/Boea_hygroscopica.htm
  3. ^ Jiang,G et al. 2007. Planta, May 2007, Volume 225, Issue 6, pp 1405-1420
  4. ^ Navari-Izzo,F et al. 2006. Physiologica Plantarum, Unusual composition of thylakoid membranes of the resurrection plant Boea hygroscopica: Changes in lipids upon dehydration and rehydration,Volume 94, Issue 1, pages 135–142, May 1995
  5. ^ Skog, L.E. & J.K. Boggan. 2007. World Checklist of Gesneriaceae. Washington, DC: Dept. of Botany, Smithsonian Institution. http://botany.si.edu/Gesneriaceae/Checklist
  6. ^ Skog, L.E. & J.K. Boggan. 2007. World Checklist of Gesneriaceae. Washington, DC: Dept. of Botany, Smithsonian Institution. http://botany.si.edu/Gesneriaceae/Checklist
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