Manettia

Manettia is a genus of about 80 species of lianas and twining herbs in the family Rubiaceae, native to tropical America.


Selected species
Manettia luteorubra

Manettia cordifolia

Kohleria

Kohleria is a New World genus of the flowering plant family Gesneriaceae. The plants are generally tropical herbs or subshrubs with velvety stems and foliage and brightly colored flowers with spots or markings in contrasting colors. They are... more >>>

Justicia

Justicia is a genus of about 420 species of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae, native to tropical to warm temperate regions of the Americas, with two species occurring north into cooler temperate regions. Common names include... more >>>

Gevuina avellana

Gevuina avellana is an evergreen tree of the family Proteaceae, up to 20 meters (65 feet) tall. It is native to southern Chile and Argentina. It is found from sea level to 700 meters (2300 feet) above sea level. Its distribution extends from... more >>>

Iochroma

Iochroma is a genus of about 20 species of shrubs and small trees found in the forests of Central and South America. Their flowers are tubular or trumpet-shaped, and may be blue, purple, red, yellow, or white, becoming pulpy berries. The... more >>>

Aster

Aster is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. The genus once contained nearly 600 species in Eurasia and North America, but after morphologic and molecular research on the genus during the 1990s, it was decided that the North... more >>>