Gesneria cubensis var. cubensis

Gesneria cubensis var. cubensis

Gesneria cubensis (Decaisne) Baillon, Hist. Plant. 10:60, 1888.—Morton in Leon & Alain, Fl. de Cuba 4:456, 1957.

Pentarhaphia verrucosa Decaisne, Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. ser. 3, 6:107, 1846.—Lindl. & Paxt. in Paxton’s Fl. Gard. 3:30, pl. 250, 1852–53. [Type-collection: Mt. Liban, Cuba, J. Linden 1841 (P, holotype; BM, BR, G, K, NY, P, W, isotypes).]

Pentarhaphia cubensis Decaisne, Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. ser. 3, 6:108, 1846; Fl. Serres Jard. Eur., ser. 1, 3: pl. 297, 1847 [cum var. β corollae limbo regulari Lemaire].—Walp., Repert. Bot. Syst. 6:736, 1847.—W. Hook., Bot. Mag. 81: pl. 4829, 1855.

Conradia verrucosa Scheidweiler in Otto & Dietrich, Allg. Gartenz. 15:226, 1847 [ex char., excluding locality].

Gesneria verrucosa (Decaisne) O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 473, 1891.—Morton in Leon & Alain, Fl. de Cuba 4:456, 1957.

Gesneria dolichostyla Urban, Symb. Ant. 7:540, 1913. [Type-collection: Las Cañitas, Dominican Republic, M. Fuertes 1926 (K, lectotype; A, BM, BP, E, F, G, GH, NY, P, U, W, Z, isolectotypes).]

Gesneria heteroclada Urban, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 18:372, 1922. [Type-collection: Cape Samaná, Dominican Republic, W. Abbott 1173 (US, lectotype).]

Gesneria domingensis Urban, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 21:223, 1925. [Type-collection: prope Constanza, Dominican’ Republic, H. von Türckheim 2023, not seen, ex char.]

Gesneria scopulorum Urban & Ekman in Urban, Ark. Bot. 22A (10):73, 1929. [Type-collection: Morne Saut d’Eau, Haiti, E. Ekman H5503 (S, holotype, EHH, IJ, S, US, isotypes).]

Gesneria subalata Urban & Ekman in Urban, Ark. Bot. 22A (10):74, 1929. [Type-collection: Massif des Matheux, l’Arcahaie, Morne Delpech, Haiti, E. Ekman H9328 (S, holotype; G, IJ, K, NY, S, isotypes).]

Gesneria mornincola Urban & Ekman in Urban, Ark. Bot. 22A (10):75, 1929. [Type-collection: Massif du Nord, Gros-Morne, Morne Chabre, Haiti, E. Ekman H5003 (S, holotype; EHH, IJ, S, US, isotypes).]

Gesneria calcicola Alain, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 21 (2): 144, 1971. [Type-collection: Loma del Puerto, Dominican Republic, Alain Liogier 15537 (NY, holotype; GH, IJ, NY, P, RDJ, US, isotypes).]

Gesneria bonaoana Alain, Phytologia 25:275, 1973. [Type-collection: Loma Peguera, Bonao, Dominican Republic, Alain Liogier 17372 (NY, holotype; US, isotype).]

Shrubs: stems to 3 m tall.

Leaves often conferted, elliptic to obovate or oblanceolate, 1.1–6.0 cm long, 0.5–2.3 cm wide.