Diastema (plant)
| Diastema | |
|---|---|
| Diastema affine | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
| Clade: | Tracheophytes | 
| Clade: | Angiosperms | 
| Clade: | Eudicots | 
| Clade: | Asterids | 
| Order: | Lamiales | 
| Family: | Gesneriaceae | 
| Genus: | Diastema Benth. (1845)  | 
| Type species | |
| Diastema racemiferum Benth.  | |
| Species | |
| 
 20; see text  | |
| Synonyms | |
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Diastema is a genus of flowering plant in the family Gesneriaceae containing approximately 20 species ranging from Mexico to Bolivia and Venezuela.