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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

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'Asteranthera' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/asteranthera/). Accessed 2024-09-19.

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  • Gesneriaceae

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Asteranthera' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/asteranthera/). Accessed 2024-09-19.

Asteranthera

A young, pot-grown Asteranthera ovata flowering for the first time (Kirk Hill Farm, Settrington, North Yorkshire, May 2024). Image John Grimshaw.

Asteranthera is one of three genera of gesneriads found only in the temperate rain forests of Chile and neighbouring parts of Argentina, each consisting of a single species. The other two are Mitraria and Sarmienta, but from these it is very distinct in shape of flower and indeed might be taken for a columnea. Botanically, however, the three genera are grouped together in the Mitrariëae, characterised by the disc at the base of the flower forming a continuous ring, not broken into separate, irregular glands as in the genus Columnea.

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