Vanhouttea

Vanhouttea
Vanhouttea gardneri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Gesneriaceae
Subfamily: Gesnerioideae
Genus: Vanhouttea
Lem. (1845)
Species

10; see text

Synonyms

Houttea Decne. (1848), nom. illeg.

Vanhouttea is a genus of flowering plants in the African violet family Gesneriaceae, native to south-eastern Brazil. They are pollinated by hummingbirds.