Petrocosmea
Petrocosmea is a genus of the family Gesneriaceae, the African violet family. Many of the species within this genus are endemic to high-elevation areas in Western China, although some are native to other parts of Asia. including north-central and southern China, Indochina, and the eastern Himalayas. It is a rosette-forming genus that generally grows on wet mossy rocks or forests.
The genus was discovered in China by Augustine Henry and was first described in 1887 by Daniel Oliver.
Species
63 species are accepted.- Petrocosmea adenophora
- Petrocosmea barbata Craib
- Petrocosmea begoniifolia C.Y. Wu ex H.W. Li
- Petrocosmea bicolor
- Petrocosmea cavaleriei H. Lév.
- Petrocosmea chiwui
- Petrocosmea chrysotricha
- Petrocosmea coerulea C.Y. Wu ex W.T. Wang
- Petrocosmea condorensis Pellegr.
- Petrocosmea confluens W.T. Wang
- Petrocosmea cryptica
- Petrocosmea dejiangensis
- Petrocosmea duclouxii Craib
- Petrocosmea duyunensis
- Petrocosmea flaccida Craib
- Petrocosmea formosa B.L.Burtt
- Petrocosmea forrestii Craib
- Petrocosmea funingensis Zhang, Pan, Meng, Li, Xu & Li
- Petrocosmea getuheensis
- Petrocosmea grandiflora Hemsl.
- Petrocosmea grandifolia W.T. Wang
- Petrocosmea heterophylla B.L.Burtt
- Petrocosmea hexiensis
- Petrocosmea hsiwenii
- Petrocosmea huanjiangensis
- Petrocosmea iodioides Hemsl.
- Petrocosmea kerrii Craib
- Petrocosmea kingii Chatterjee
- Petrocosmea leiandra
- Petrocosmea × longianthera
- Petrocosmea longipedicellata W.T. Wang
- Petrocosmea magnifica
- Petrocosmea mairei H. Lév.
- Petrocosmea martini H. Lév.
- Petrocosmea melanophthalma
- Petrocosmea menglianensis H.W. Li
- Petrocosmea minor Hemsl.
- Petrocosmea nanchuanensis
- Petrocosmea nervosa Craib
- Petrocosmea oblata Craib
- Petrocosmea panzhouensis
- Petrocosmea parryorum C.E.C.Fisch.
- Petrocosmea pubescens
- Petrocosmea purpureomaculata
- Petrocosmea qinlingensis W.T. Wang
- Petrocosmea qiruniae
- Petrocosmea rhombifolia
- Petrocosmea rosettifolia C.Y. Wu ex H.W.Li
- Petrocosmea rotundifolia
- Petrocosmea sericea C.Y.Wu ex H.W.Li
- Petrocosmea shilinensis
- Petrocosmea sichuanensis Chun ex W.T.Wang
- Petrocosmea sinensis Oliv.
- Petrocosmea sinousfolia
- Petrocosmea thermopuncta
- Petrocosmea tsaii
- Petrocosmea umbelliformis B.L.Burtt
- Petrocosmea villosa
- Petrocosmea viridis
- Petrocosmea weiyigangii
- Petrocosmea wui
- Petrocosmea xanthomaculata
- Petrocosmea xingyiensis Y.G.Wei & F.Wen
- ''Petrocosmea yanshanensis''