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Petrocosmea forrestii

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Species of flowering plant

Petrocosmea forrestii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Gesneriaceae
Genus: Petrocosmea
Species: P. forrestii
Binomial name
Petrocosmea forrestii
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Petrocosmea forrestii is a species of flowering plant in the family Gesneriaceae native to China, and sometimes cultivated as a houseplant. It grows among rocks in shady places. Like other species in its genus, it does not develop a stem above ground, but spreads by rhizomes. The entire rosette of leaves is less than 15 centimetres (5.9 in) in diameter.

References

  1. ^ Wencai Wang; Kai-yu Pan; Zhen-yu Li; Anna L. Weitzman; Laurence E. Skog. "Petrocosmea forrestii". Flora of China.
  2. Wencai Wang; Kai-yu Pan; Zhen-yu Li; Anna L. Weitzman; Laurence E. Skog. "Petrocosmea". Flora of China.
Taxon identifiers
Petrocosmea forrestii
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