# Bellonia

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{{short description|Genus of Gesneriaceae plants}}
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|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.](/source/Carl_Linnaeus)<ref>[Sp. Pl.](/source/Sp._Pl.): 172 (1753)</ref>
|subdivision_ranks = Species
|subdivision = See text
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'''''Bellonia''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the family [Gesneriaceae](/source/Gesneriaceae), native to Cuba and Hispaniola.<ref name = "329813-2" /> They have floral characters suggesting that they are [buzz pollinated](/source/Buzz_pollination).<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](/source/Bellonia_aspera)'' <small>L.</small> – Hispaniola
*''[Bellonia spinosa](/source/Bellonia_spinosa)'' <small>Sw.</small> – Cuba and Hispaniola

==References==
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Category:Gesnerioideae
Category:Gesneriaceae genera

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