Boea
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| Boea hygroscopica | |
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| Genus: | Boea |
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| Boea magellanica Lam.
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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].
The Smithsonian also lists[6]:
- Kaisupeea herbacea with the basionym: Boea herbacea
- Leptoboea multiflora with the previous synonym Boea multiflora
References
- ^ Skog, L.E. & J.K. Boggan. 2007. World Checklist of Gesneriaceae. Washington, DC: Dept. of Botany, Smithsonian Institution. http://botany.si.edu/Gesneriaceae/Checklist
- ^ 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
- ^ Jiang,G et al. 2007. Planta, May 2007, Volume 225, Issue 6, pp 1405-1420
- ^ 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
- ^ Skog, L.E. & J.K. Boggan. 2007. World Checklist of Gesneriaceae. Washington, DC: Dept. of Botany, Smithsonian Institution. http://botany.si.edu/Gesneriaceae/Checklist
- ^ Skog, L.E. & J.K. Boggan. 2007. World Checklist of Gesneriaceae. Washington, DC: Dept. of Botany, Smithsonian Institution. http://botany.si.edu/Gesneriaceae/Checklist
Category:Gesneriaceae
Category:House plants
Category:Flowers
Category:Boea
Category:Gesneriads
Category:Boea hygroscopica
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