Blakea

Blakea
Blakea eriocalyx
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Melastomataceae
Genus: Blakea
P.Browne

Blakea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae. There are about 189 species distributed from Mexico to Bolivia and the Antilles. They are climbers, shrubs, and trees, some epiphytic. One species from the cloud forests of Costa Rica is pollinated by rice rats.

Species, accepted as of March 2021, include:

References

  1. ↑ Penneys, D. S., & Jost, L. (2009). Blakea attenboroughii (Melastomataceae: Blakeeae): a new species from Ecuador. Archived June 17, 2016, at the Wayback Machine Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 60(1), 69.
  2. ↑ Silcock, Lisa, ed. (1992). The Rainforests - A Celebration. San Francisco: Chronicle Books. p. 86. ISBN 0-8118-0155-1.
  3. ↑ "Blakea P.Browne". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 4 March 2021.