Peltanthera
Genus of flowering plants
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Peltanthera is a genus of flowering plants containing a single species, Peltanthera floribunda.[1] The genus was originally placed in family Loganiaceae[3] and has since been variously placed in Buddlejaceae,[4] Scrophulariaceae,[5] Gesneriaceae,[6] or in its own family Peltantheraceae.[5][7] In 2016, it was considered by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group to be unplaced in any family, but within the order Lamiales,[8] while Christenhusz et al. in 2017 placed it in family Gesneriaceae as subfamily Peltantheroideae.[9] The placement in Gesneriaceae was accepted by Plants of the World Online as of March 2024[update].[1]
| Peltanthera | |
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| D-G: Peltanthera floribunda D. Flower. E. Ovary. F/G. Anthers | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Gesneriaceae |
| Genus: | Peltanthera Benth.[1] |
| Species: | P. floribunda |
| Binomial name | |
| Peltanthera floribunda | |
| Synonyms | |
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The plant is a tree with opposite leaf arrangement.[3] The leaves are large and elliptic in shape. It has white fragrant flowers in a cymose inflorescence with trichotomous branches. The calyx and corolla each have five lobes, and there are five stamens. The two locules of the ovary each contain many seeds.[3]