Boea
| Boea | |
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| Boea hygroscopica | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Gesneriaceae |
| Subfamily: | Didymocarpoideae |
| Genus: | Boea Comm. ex Lam. |
| Type species | |
| Boea magellanica Lam.[1] | |
| Species[2] | |
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See here | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Boea is a genus of plants in the family Gesneriaceae native to Australia, China, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Polynesia, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Nepal, Bhutan, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos.[3] Some Boea species are known as types of resurrection plant due to their ability to survive desiccation (e.g. Boea hygroscopica).[4][5]
Description
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Boea are perennial, lithophytic or terrestrial,[6] caulescent or rosulate,[7] rhizomatous herbs.[6] The sepals are free. The petals are pink to purple. The anthers are strongly divergent. The fruit is twisted.[7]
Cytology
[edit]The chromosome count is 2n = 16, 32.[8]
Taxonomy
[edit]It was described by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck in 1785 based on previous work by Philibert Commerson.[9] The type species is Boea magellanica Lam.[1]
Etymology
[edit]The genus may be named in honour of Mlle Beau, the niece of a friend of Philibert Commerson.[7] It may also be named after M. le Beau, the brother-in-law of Philibert Commerson who first collected a Boea species.[8]
Species
[edit]12 species are accepted:[2]
- Boea dennisii B.L.Burtt
- Boea hemsleyana B.L.Burtt
- Boea hians Burkill
- Boea hygroscopica F.Muell.
- Boea kinnearii (F.Muell.) B.L.Burtt
- Boea lawesii (F.Muell.) H.O.Forbes
- Boea magellanica Lam.
- Boea mollis Schltr.
- Boea morobensis C.Puglisi
- Boea resupinata Zich & B.Gray
- Boea rosselensis B.L.Burtt
- Boea urvillei C.B.Clarke
Distribution and habitat
[edit]The centre of the distribution is eastern Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.[7]
Cultivation
[edit]The frost tender Boea may be grown in partial shade in humus-rich substrates. It can be propagated by seed and by leaf cuttings or division.[10]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Missouri Botanical Garden. (n.d.). Boea Comm. ex Lam. Tropicos. Retrieved July 10, 2026, from https://www.tropicos.org/name/40028652
- 1 2 3 Boea Comm. ex Lam. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ↑ Skog, L.E. & J.K. Boggan. 2007. World Checklist of Gesneriaceae. Washington, DC: Dept. of Botany, Smithsonian Institution.
- ↑ Jiang, G et al. 2007. Planta, May 2007, Volume 225, Issue 6, pp 1405-1420
- ↑ Navari-Izzo, F et al. 2006. Physiologica Plantarum, Unusual composition of thylakoid membranes of the resurrection plant Boea hygroscopica: Changes in lipids upon dehydration and rehydration, Volume 94, Issue 1, pages 135–142, May 1995
- 1 2 Boea in Flora of China @ efloras.org. (n.d.). Retrieved July 10, 2026, from http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=104148
- 1 2 3 4 Puglisi, C. & Middleton, David. (2017). A REVISION OF BOEA (GESNERIACEAE). Edinburgh Journal of Botany. 75. 19-49. 10.1017/S0960428617000336.
- 1 2 Weber, A., & Skog, L. E. (2007, January 5). Boea. The Genera of Gesneriaceae. Basic Information With Illustration of Selected Species. Ed. 2. Retrieved July 10, 2026, from http://www.genera-gesneriaceae.at/genera/boea.htm
- ↑ Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste-Pierre-Antoine de Monet de, & Poiret, Jean-Louis-Marie. (1783). Encyclopédie méthodique. Botanique (Vol. 1, p. 401). Panckoucke;Plomteux. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/716993
- ↑ Genus: Boea. (n.d.). Alpine Garden Society. Retrieved July 10, 2026, from http://encyclopaedia.alpinegardensociety.net/plants/Boea