| Crantzia | |
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| Close-up of Crantzia cristata in bloom | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Gesneriaceae |
| Genus: | Crantzia Scop. |
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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
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
References
- "Crantzia cristata (L.) Scop.". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 30 December 2013 – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
- "Crantzia tigrina (H.Karst.) Fritsch". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 30 December 2013 – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
- Weber, Anton; Skog, Laurence E. (2007-01-05). "Crantzia". The Genera of Gesneriaceae. Retrieved 30 December 2013.