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Gerardia
Plant Info
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Lamiales
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Gerardia
L.

Species
See text.

Gerardia L. (syn. Stenandrium Nees) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae. It was once used as the generic name for the genus Agalinis, but based on the rules of of the ICBN (Art. 53) it is an illegitimate later homonym of Gerardia L. (1753) that is now unavailable for use in the Scrophulariaceae.

The genus is named for the English herbalist John Gerard (1545-1611/2).

Species inclued:

  • Gerardia angustifolia Mart.
  • Gerardia brachyphylla Cham. & Schltdl.
  • Gerardia communis Cham. & Schltdl.
  • Gerardia genistaefolia Cham. & Schltdl.
  • Gerardia hispidula Mart.
  • Gerardia linarioides Cham. & Schltdl.

External links

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