Dorcoceras
Genus of Gesneriaceae plants
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Dorcoceras is a genus of flowering plants in the African violet family Gesneriaceae, native to Assam, Southeast Asia, China and central Malesia. Its species were transferred from the genus Boea in 2016.[2]
| Dorcoceras | |
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| Dorcoceras hygrometrica | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Gesneriaceae |
| Subfamily: | Didymocarpoideae |
| Genus: | Dorcoceras Bunge[1] |
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D. hygrometrica is considered a resurrection plant and its genome has been sequenced to study desiccation tolerance.[3]
Species
Currently accepted species include:
- Dorcoceras brunneum C.Puglisi
- Dorcoceras geoffrayi (Pellegr.) C.Puglisi
- Dorcoceras glabrum C.Puglisi
- Dorcoceras hygrometrica Bunge
- Dorcoceras philippense (C.B.Clarke) Schltr.
- Dorcoceras uthongense Prajanban, Patumch. & Panvilai
- Dorcoceras wallichii (R.Br.) C.Puglisi