Peltanthera

Peltanthera is a genus of flowering plants containing a single species, Peltanthera floribunda. The genus was originally placed in family Loganiaceae and has since been variously placed in Buddlejaceae, Scrophulariaceae, Gesneriaceae, or in its own family Peltantheraceae. As of 2016, it is considered by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group to be unplaced in any family, but within the order Lamiales, while Christenhusz et al (2017) placed it in family Gesneriaceae as subfamily Peltantheroideae.

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
Genus:
Peltanthera

Species:
P. floribunda
Binomial name
Peltanthera floribunda
Synonyms
  • Peltanthera costaricensis (Standl. & Steyerm.) Cuatrec.
  • Valerioa costaricensis Standl. & Steyerm.

The plant is a tree with opposite leaf arrangement. 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.

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