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Briggsia

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Gesneriaceae

Higher classification
  
Trichosporeae

Order
  
Lamiales

Scientific name
  
Briggsia

Rank
  
Genus

Similar
  
Gesneriaceae, Corallodiscus, Conandron, Agalmyla

Briggsia garden plants


Briggsia is a genus that consists of 22 species of herbaceous perennials, native to the Himalayas, China and Vietnam. These rhizomous plants with stems or stemless are rarely branched. Leaves few to many, crowded at the tips. Flowers are bell-shaped, 2–3 cm long, with 1–2 cm in diameter, with 2-lipped petals in blue, purple to red, or orange to white, spotted within.

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Species

Species include:

  • Briggsia acutiloba K.Y.Pan
  • Briggsia agnesiae (Forrest ex W.W.Sm.) Craib
  • Briggsia amabilis (Diels) Craib
  • Briggsia aurantiaca B.L.Burtt
  • Briggsia chienii Chun
  • Briggsia dongxingensis Chun ex K.Y.Pan
  • Briggsia elegantissima (Lév. & Vaniot) Craib
  • Briggsia forrestii Craib
  • Briggsia humilis K.Y.Pan
  • Briggsia kurzii (C.B.Clarke) W.E.Evans
  • Briggsia latisepala Chun ex K.Y.Pan
  • Briggsia longicaulis W.T.Wang & K.Y.Pan
  • Briggsia longifolia Craib
  • Briggsia longipes (Hemsl. ex Oliv.) Craib
  • Briggsia mairei Craib
  • Briggsia mihieri (Franch.) Craib
  • Briggsia parvifolia K.Y.Pan
  • Briggsia pinfaensis (Lév.) Craib
  • Briggsia rosthornii (Diels) B.L.Burtt
  • Briggsia speciosa (Hemsl.) Craib
  • Briggsia stewardii Chun

    • References

    Briggsia Wikipedia
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