Petrocosmea Explained
Petrocosmea is a genus of the family Gesneriaceae, the African violet family. Many of the species within this genus are endemic to high-elevation areas in Western China,[1] although some are native to other parts of Asia.[2] including north-central and southern China, Indochina, and the eastern Himalayas. It is a rosette-forming genus that generally grows on wet mossy rocks or forests.[1] [2]
The genus was discovered in China by Augustine Henry and was first described in 1887 by Daniel Oliver (Prof. of Botany, University College, London).[2]
Species
63 species are accepted.
- Petrocosmea adenophora
- Petrocosmea barbata Craib
- Petrocosmea begoniifolia C.Y. Wu ex H.W. Li
- Petrocosmea bicolor
- Petrocosmea cavaleriei H. Lév.
- Petrocosmea chiwui
- Petrocosmea chrysotricha
- Petrocosmea coerulea C.Y. Wu ex W.T. Wang
- Petrocosmea condorensis Pellegr.
- Petrocosmea confluens W.T. Wang
- Petrocosmea cryptica
- Petrocosmea dejiangensis
- Petrocosmea duclouxii Craib
- Petrocosmea duyunensis
- Petrocosmea flaccida Craib
- Petrocosmea formosa B.L.Burtt
- Petrocosmea forrestii Craib
- Petrocosmea funingensis Zhang, Pan, Meng, Li, Xu & Li [3]
- Petrocosmea getuheensis
- Petrocosmea grandiflora Hemsl.
- Petrocosmea grandifolia W.T. Wang
- Petrocosmea heterophylla B.L.Burtt
- Petrocosmea hexiensis
- Petrocosmea hsiwenii
- Petrocosmea huanjiangensis
- Petrocosmea iodioides Hemsl.
- Petrocosmea kerrii Craib (including Petrocosmea wardii W.W. Sm.)
- Petrocosmea kingii (C.B.Clarke) Chatterjee
- Petrocosmea leiandra
- Petrocosmea × longianthera
- Petrocosmea longipedicellata W.T. Wang
- Petrocosmea magnifica
- Petrocosmea mairei H. Lév.
- Petrocosmea martini (H. Lév.) H. Lév.
- Petrocosmea melanophthalma
- Petrocosmea menglianensis H.W. Li
- Petrocosmea minor Hemsl. (syn. Petrocosmea henryi Craib)
- Petrocosmea nanchuanensis
- Petrocosmea nervosa Craib
- Petrocosmea oblata Craib (including Petrocosmea latisepala W.T. Wang)
- Petrocosmea panzhouensis
- Petrocosmea parryorum C.E.C.Fisch.
- Petrocosmea pubescens
- Petrocosmea purpureomaculata
- Petrocosmea qinlingensis W.T. Wang
- Petrocosmea qiruniae
- Petrocosmea rhombifolia
- Petrocosmea rosettifolia C.Y. Wu ex H.W.Li
- Petrocosmea rotundifolia
- Petrocosmea sericea C.Y.Wu ex H.W.Li
- Petrocosmea shilinensis
- Petrocosmea sichuanensis Chun ex W.T.Wang
- Petrocosmea sinensis Oliv.
- Petrocosmea sinousfolia
- Petrocosmea thermopuncta
- Petrocosmea tsaii
- Petrocosmea umbelliformis B.L.Burtt
- Petrocosmea villosa
- Petrocosmea viridis
- Petrocosmea weiyigangii
- Petrocosmea wui
- Petrocosmea xanthomaculata
- Petrocosmea xingyiensis Y.G.Wei & F.Wen
- Petrocosmea yanshanensis
Notes and References
- Petrocosmea Retrieved November 10th, 2008, from http://www.gesneriads.ca/genpetro.htm
- Petrocosmea: An Introduction Retrieved November 10th, 2008, from Web site: Archived copy . 2011-11-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130511131518/http://www3.telus.net/vavgs/files/intro_petrocosmea.pdf . 2013-05-11 .
- Zhang . Qiang . Pan . Bo . Meng . Tao . Li . Guo-Feng . Xu . Wei-Bin . Li . Zhi-Ming . Petrocosmea funingensis (Gesneriaceae): a new species from southeastern Yunnan, China . Phytotaxa . 2013 . 77 . 1 . 5–8 . 10.11646/phytotaxa.77.1.2 .
