Genus of flowering plants
Besleria is a genus of large herbs and soft-stemmed subshrubs or shrubs in the flowering plant family Gesneriaceae. It includes 176 species native to tropical southern Mexico, Central America, South America, and the West Indies.
The closely related genus "Gasteranthus" was previously included in "Besleria". The two genera have been separated on the basis of stomatal (aggregated in "Gasteranthus", scattered in "Besleria") and fruit (fleshy capsule in "Gasteranthus", berry in "Besleria") characters.
Species.
176 species are accepted.
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