Chrysothemis (plant)

Chrysothemis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae. It includes nine species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from southern Mexico and Cuba through Central America and northern South America to central Brazil.^[1]

Chrysothemis
Chrysothemis pulchella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Gesneriaceae
Genus:	Chrysothemis Decne. (1849)
Synonyms[1]
Skiophila Hanst. (1854) Tussacia Rchb. ex Benth. (1846), nom. illeg.

Species

Nine species are accepted.^[1]

• Chrysothemis adenosiphon (Leeuwenb.) M.M.Mora & J.L.Clark
• Chrysothemis colonensis (Wiehler) M.M.Mora & J.L.Clark
• Chrysothemis dichroa Leeuwenb.
• Chrysothemis friedrichsthaliana (Hanst.) H.E.Moore
• Chrysothemis kuhlmannii Hoehne
• Chrysothemis melittifolia (L.) M.M.Mora & J.L.Clark
• Chrysothemis panamensis (Seem.) M.M.Mora & J.L.Clark
• Chrysothemis pulchella (Donn ex Sims) Decne.
• Chrysothemis rupestris (Benth.) Leeuwenb.