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''Seemannia'' is a New World genus in the flowering plant family Gesneriaceae. There are four species in the genus, primarily found in the Andean regions of South America. The name honors the German botanist Berthold Carl Seemann. ==Taxonomic history== ''Seemannia'' was created in 1855 by Regel for the species ''Seemannia ternifolia'' (now considered a synonym of ''S. sylvatica''). In 1976 ''Seemannia'' was synonymized under the genus ''Gloxinia'' by gesneriad specialist Hans Wiehler but has more recently been revived following phylogenetic and morphological research on relationships of ''Gloxinia'' and related genera, which suggested that Wiehler's generic concept of ''Gloxinia'' was overly broad and polyphyletic. Although now recognized as a separate genus, ''Seemannia'' is closely related to ''Gloxinia'' and hybrids between the two genera are fertile although the two genera are very distinct morphologically. Although all of the species occur in the Andes, ''Seemannia purpurascens'' is unusual in having a disjunct distribution, with populations in northern South America (Guyana, French Guiana, and northern Brazil) widely separated from Andean populations in southern Peru and Bolivia. ;Species * ''Seemannia gymnostoma'' (southern Peru, Bolivia, northern Argentina) * ''Seemannia nematanthodes'' (Bolivia, northern Argentina) * ''Seemannia purpurascens'' (southern Peru, Bolivia, Guyana, French Guiana, northern Brazil) * ''Seemannia sylvatica'' (Peru, Bolivia, northern Argentina, Paraguay, southern Brazil) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Seemannia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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