Nematanthus is a genus of flowering plants of the family Gesneriaceae. All of its species are endemic to Brazil. Compared to other gesneriads, Nematanthus has leaves that are small, succulent, and hard-surfaced. The plant has a trailing, branching, and spreading habit; it is generally an epiphyte in nature and a hanging-basket plant in cultivation.
The flower has petals fused into a pouch-like shape, with a small opening. The fancied resemblance of the flower to a goldfish gives the plant its common name, "goldfish plant."
Hummingbirds often will feed from the nectar-filled "goldfish" flowers.
Species
Species include:
- Nematanthus albus Chautems
- Nematanthus australis Chautems
- Nematanthus bradei (Handro) Chautems
- Nematanthus brasiliensis (Vell.) Chautems
- Nematanthus corticola Schrad.
- Nematanthus fissus (Vell.) L.E. Skog
- Nematanthus fluminensis (Vell.) Fritsch
- Nematanthus fornix (Vell.) Chautems
- Nematanthus fritschii Hoehne
- Nematanthus gregarius D.L. Denham
- Nematanthus hirsutus (Mart.) Wiehler
- Nematanthus hirtellus (Schott) Wiehler
- Nematanthus jolyanus (Handro) Chautems
- Nematanthus kautskyi Chautems & Rossini
- Nematanthus × kuhlmannii (Handro) Chautems
- Nematanthus maculatus (Fritsch) Wiehler
- Nematanthus × mattosianus (Handro) H.E. Moore
- Nematanthus mirabilis (Handro) Chautems
- Nematanthus monanthos (Vell.) Chautems
- Nematanthus nervosus (Fritsch) H.E. Moore
- Nematanthus perianthomegus (Vell.) H.E. Moore
- Nematanthus punctatus Chautems
- Nematanthus pycnophyllus Chautems, T. Lopes & M. Peixoto
- Nematanthus savannarum (C.V.Morton) J.L.Clark
- Nematanthus sericeus (Hanst.) Chautems
- Nematanthus serpens (Vell.) Chautems
- Nematanthus striatus (Handro) Chautems
- Nematanthus strigillosus (Mart.) H.E. Moore
- Nematanthus teixeiranus (Handro) Chautems
- Nematanthus tessmannii (Hoehne) Chautems
- Nematanthus villosus (Hanst.) Wiehler
- Nematanthus wettsteinii (Fritsch) H.E. Moore
- Nematanthus wiehleri Chautems & M. Peixoto
References
External links
- Nematanthus, Codonanthe and Related Intergenerics, from the Gesneriad Reference Web
