Nematanthus - Gold Fish Plant

Nematanthus is a genus of flowering plants of the family Gesneriaceae. All of its species are endemic to Brazil. Compared to other gesneriads, Nematanthus has leaves that are small, succulent, and hard-surfaced. The plant has a trailing, branching, and spreading habit; it is generally an epiphyte in nature and a hanging-basket plant in cultivation.

The flower has petals fused into a pouch-like shape, with a small opening. The fancied resemblance of the flower to a goldfish gives the plant its common name, "goldfish plant."

Hummingbirds often will feed from the nectar-filled "goldfish" flowers.

Species

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Species include:

• Nematanthus albus Chautems
• Nematanthus australis Chautems
• Nematanthus bradei (Handro) Chautems
• Nematanthus brasiliensis (Vell.) Chautems
• Nematanthus corticola Schrad.
• Nematanthus fissus (Vell.) L.E. Skog
• Nematanthus fluminensis (Vell.) Fritsch
• Nematanthus fornix (Vell.) Chautems
• Nematanthus fritschii Hoehne
• Nematanthus gregarius D.L. Denham
• Nematanthus hirsutus (Mart.) Wiehler
• Nematanthus hirtellus (Schott) Wiehler
• Nematanthus jolyanus (Handro) Chautems
• Nematanthus kautskyi Chautems & Rossini
• Nematanthus × kuhlmannii (Handro) Chautems
• Nematanthus maculatus (Fritsch) Wiehler
• Nematanthus × mattosianus (Handro) H.E. Moore
• Nematanthus mirabilis (Handro) Chautems
• Nematanthus monanthos (Vell.) Chautems
• Nematanthus nervosus (Fritsch) H.E. Moore
• Nematanthus perianthomegus (Vell.) H.E. Moore
• Nematanthus punctatus Chautems
• Nematanthus pycnophyllus Chautems, T. Lopes & M. Peixoto
• Nematanthus savannarum (C.V.Morton) J.L.Clark
• Nematanthus sericeus (Hanst.) Chautems
• Nematanthus serpens (Vell.) Chautems
• Nematanthus striatus (Handro) Chautems
• Nematanthus strigillosus (Mart.) H.E. Moore
• Nematanthus teixeiranus (Handro) Chautems
• Nematanthus tessmannii (Hoehne) Chautems
• Nematanthus villosus (Hanst.) Wiehler
• Nematanthus wettsteinii (Fritsch) H.E. Moore
• Nematanthus wiehleri Chautems & M. Peixoto

References

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External links

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• Nematanthus, Codonanthe and Related Intergenerics, from the Gesneriad Reference Web

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