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
  • Diastemation Müll.Berol. (1858)
  • Diastemella Oerst. (1861)

Diastema is a genus of flowering plant in the family Gesneriaceae containing approximately 20 species ranging from Mexico to Bolivia and Venezuela.