Alsobia

Alsobia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae, native to Mexico, Guatemala, and Costa Rica. It contains four species.^[2]

Alsobia
Alsobia dianthiflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Gesneriaceae
Genus:	Alsobia Hanst. (1853)
Species[1]
6; see text

The species in the genus are succulent and stoloniferous herbs. They were previously included in the genus Episcia, but recent molecular studies have supported the separation of Alsobia from Episcia.

Species

Six species are accepted.^[1]

• Alsobia baroniae L.E.Skog & Barrie
• Alsobia chiapensis Mart.-Mel., L.E.Skog & Pérez-Farr.
• Alsobia dianthiflora (H.E.Moore & R.G.Wilson) Wiehler (syn. Episcia dianthiflora)
• Alsobia jaltenangensis Ram.-Roa & Ibarra-Vázq.
• Alsobia magnifica R.García Mart. & Beutelsp.
• Alsobia punctata (Lindl.) Hanst. (syn. Episcia punctata)

Seedpod of Alsobia dianthiflora

Further reading

• Wiehler, H. 1978. The genera Episcia, Alsobia, Nautilocalyx, and Paradrymonia (Gesneriaceae). Selbyana 5: 11–60.