Crantzia

Crantzia is a plant genus in the family Gesneriaceae. Crantzia species grow in damp or wet forests, mostly on Caribbean islands. Some are epiphytes, others are subshrubs or herbaceous plants with fibrous roots.[3]

Crantzia
Close-up of Crantzia cristata in bloom
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Gesneriaceae
Genus: Crantzia
Scop.
Species
  • Crantzia cristata (L.) Scop.[1]
  • Crantzia tigrina (H.Karst.) Fritsch[2]
Synonyms
  • Lophia Desv. (1825)
  • Lophalix Raf. (1838)
  • Heintzia Karst. (1848)
  • Prionoplectus Oerst. (1858)

Several taxa from the Gesneriaceae genus Alloplectus have been reclassified as Crantzia.

Giovanni Antonio Scopoli named the genus after botanist and physician Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz (1722–1799).[3]

References
  1. "Crantzia cristata (L.) Scop.". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 30 December 2013 – via The Plant List.
  2. "Crantzia tigrina (H.Karst.) Fritsch". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 30 December 2013 – via The Plant List.
  3. Weber, Anton; Skog, Laurence E. (2007-01-05). "Crantzia". The Genera of Gesneriaceae. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
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