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Gasteranthus is a genus of 35 species of herbs and soft-stemmed subshrubs in the flowering plant family Gesneriaceae. The species occur in Central America and South America, from southernmost Mexico to Bolivia. Numerous species are threatened with extinction, mainly due to deforestation. This is due to two reasons: For one thing, Gasteranthus species are native to countries in which destruction of primary forest runs rampant; also, these plants do not distribute well and therefore endemism is very frequent, for example on isolated mountain ranges.
These plants inhabit tropical forest and cloud forest. They grow in humid, shaded locations at altitudes of up to 1,800 m ASL. The flowers are usually colored in orange hues and often spotted, but background colors also include shades white, yellow and red. They are born in axillary cymes without bracteoles.
Gasteranthus atratus · Gasteranthus bilsaensis · Gasteranthus carinatus · Gasteranthus crispus · Gasteranthus extinctus · Gasteranthus imbaburensis · Gasteranthus lateralis · Gasteranthus macrocalyx · Gasteranthus mutabilis · Gasteranthus orientandinus · Gasteranthus otongensis · Gasteranthus perennis
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