{{short description|Genus of Gesneriaceae plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Flore médicale des Antilles, ou, Traité des plantes usuelles (Pl. 94) (8203060158).jpg |image_caption = ''Bellonia aspera'' botanical illustration |display_parents = 3 |taxon = Bellonia |authority = L.<ref>Sp. Pl.: 172 (1753)</ref> |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = See text }}
'''''Bellonia''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae, native to Cuba and Hispaniola.<ref name = "329813-2" /> They have floral characters suggesting that they are buzz pollinated.<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1600/036364411X583709 |title=Independent Origin of Radial Floral Symmetry in the Gloxinieae (Gesnerioideae: Gesneriaceae) is Supported by the Rediscovery of ''Phinaea pulchella'' in Cuba |year=2011 |last1=Clark |first1=John L. |last2=Roalson |first2=Eric H. |last3=Pritchard |first3=Ross A. |last4=Coleman |first4=Cassandra L. |last5=Teoh |first5=View-Hune |last6=Matos |first6=Jesús |s2cid=86676772 |journal=Systematic Botany |volume=36 |issue=3 |pages=757–767 }}</ref>
==Species== Currently accepted species include:<ref name = "329813-2" >{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:329813-2 |title=''Bellonia'' L. |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2017 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=7 August 2020 }}</ref>
*''Bellonia aspera'' <small>L.</small> – Hispaniola *''Bellonia spinosa'' <small>Sw.</small> – Cuba and Hispaniola
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Category:Gesnerioideae Category:Gesneriaceae genera