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'''''Blakea''''' is a genus of [[plant]] in family [[Melastomataceae]].
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Blakea (Stephen Blake, gardener, of the island of Antigua in the West Indies, who wrote "Compleat Gardener's Practice," London, 1664). Valdesia, Ruiz & Pav. Melastomaceae. Hothouse or greenhouse evergreen shrubs, of which two species are in cultivation for the showy flowers and prominent foliage.
Blakea (Stephen Blake, gardener, of the island of Antigua in the West Indies, who wrote "Compleat Gardener's Practice," London, 1664). Valdesia, Ruiz & Pav. Melastomaceae. Hothouse or greenhouse evergreen shrubs, of which two species are in cultivation for the showy flowers and prominent foliage.
==Varieties==
==Species==
Species include:
* ''[[Blakea acostae]]'', Wurdack
* ''[[Blakea brunnea]]'', [[Henry Allan Gleason|Gleason]]
* ''[[Blakea campii]]'', Wurdack
* ''[[Blakea eriocalyx]]'', Wurdack
* ''[[Blakea formicaria]]'', Wurdack
* ''[[Blakea glandulosa]]'', [[Henry Allan Gleason|Gleason]]
* ''[[Blakea granatensis]]'', [[Charles Victor Naudin|Naudin]]
* ''[[Blakea harlingii]]'', Wurdack
* ''[[Blakea hispida]]'', Markgr.
* ''[[Blakea incompta]]'', Markgr.
* ''[[Blakea involvens]]'', Markgr.
* ''[[Blakea jativae]]'', Wurdack
* ''[[Blakea languinosa]]'', Wurdack
* ''[[Blakea madisonii]]'', Wurdack
* ''[[Blakea oldemanii]]'', Wurdack
* ''[[Blakea pichinchensis]]'', Wurdack
* ''[[Blakea rotundifolia]]'', [[David Don|D.Don]]
* ''[[Blakea subvaginata]]'', Wurdack
==Gallery==
==Gallery==
