Cobananthus

Cobananthus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Gesneriaceae
Subfamily:	Gesnerioideae
Genus:	Cobananthus Wiehler [1]
Species:	C. calochlamys
Binomial name
Cobananthus calochlamys (Donn.Sm.) Wiehler [2]
Synonyms [1]
Alloplectus calochlamysDonn.Sm. Columnea calochlamys(Donn.Sm.) C.V.Morton

Cobananthus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae, with a single species Cobananthus calochlamys. ^[3] It is a subshrub native to southern Mexico (Chiapas) and Guatemala. It is sometimes included in the genus Alloplectus , ^[1] but molecular phylogenetic studies suggest that the two genera are not closely related, with Cobananthus more closely related to Alsobia . ^{[4] [5]}

References

1. "Cobananthus Wiehler", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2021-04-15
2. "Cobananthus calochlamys (Donn.Sm.) Wiehler", The International Plant Names Index , retrieved 2021-04-15
3. Clark, J.L.; Skog, L.E.; Boggan, J.K. & Ginzbarg, S. (2020), "Index to names of New World members of the Gesneriaceae (subfamilies Sanangoideae and Gesnerioideae)", Rheedea, 30 (1): 190–256, doi: 10.22244/rheedea.2020.30.01.14
4. Clark, John L.; Funke, Mindie M.; Duffy, Aaron M. & Smithy, James F. (2012), "Phylogeny of a Neotropical Clade in the Gesneriaceae: More Tales of Convergent Evolution" , International Journal of Plant Sciences, 173 (8): 894–916, doi:10.1086/667229, S2CID   30060543
5. Mora, M. Marcela & Clark, John L. (2016), "Molecular Phylogeny of the Neotropical Genus Paradrymonia (Gesneriaceae), Reexamination of Generic Concepts and the Resurrection of Trichodrymonia and Centrosolenia", Systematic Botany, 41 (1): 82–104, doi:10.1600/036364416X690561, S2CID   88416143