Peltanthera

Peltanthera is a genus of flowering plants containing a single species, Peltanthera floribunda. 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] As of 2016, it is considered by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group to be unplaced in any family, but within the order Lamiales.[1]

For Peltanthera Roth, the flowering vines of Asia called breadflower, see Vallaris.

Peltanthera
Polypremum/Peltanthera spp. A-C. Polypremum procumbens: A. Habitus. B/C. Flower. D-G. Peltanthera floribunda: D. Flower. E. Ovary. F/G. Anthers
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	incertae sedis[1]
Genus:	Peltanthera Benth.
Species:	P. floribunda
Binomial name
Peltanthera floribunda Benth.
Synonyms[2]
Peltanthera costaricensis (Standl. & Steyerm.) Cuatrec. Valerioa costaricensis Standl. & Steyerm.

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]

References

1. The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016), "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG IV", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 181 (1): 1–20, doi:10.1111/boj.12385
2. "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved 28 March 2015.
3. Bentham, George & Hooker, Joseph Dalton, Genera Plantarum, 2, Reeve & Co., p. 797
4. The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 28 March 2015
5. Tropicos.org, retrieved 28 March 2015
6. ITIS, retrieved 28 March 2015
7. Eduardo Antonio Molinari-Novoa (2016), Two New Lamiid Families For The Americas (PDF), 1, pp. 1–4