Alloplectus

Alloplectus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Gesneriaceae
Genus: Alloplectus
Mart. (1829)
Species

7, see text

Synonyms
  • Calycoplectus Oerst. (1861)
  • Cobananthus Wiehler (1977)
  • Heintzia H.Karst. (1848)

Alloplectus is a genus of Neotropical plants in the family Gesneriaceae. A 2005 revision of the genus included five species, with the majority of species in the genus as traditionally circumscribed being transferred to Crantzia, Glossoloma, and Drymonia. Plants of the World Online currently accepts seven species.