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Gesneriaceae

Moussonia elegans Decne.

Family
Gesneriaceae
Genus
Moussonia

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Moussonia elegans: Found mainly in southern Mexico. UC Berkeley Botanical Gardens. In context at www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/gesneriads/index.html
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (1)
Arabic
موسونية أنيقة

Synonyms

  • Isoloma elegans (Decne.) Hemsl.
  • Kohleria elegans (Decne.) Loes.
  • Kohleria papillosa (Oerst. ex Hanst.) Fritsch
  • Kohleria papillosa var. sericea Fritsch
  • Moussonia formosa Van Houtte ex Regel
  • Moussonia papillosa Oerst. ex Hanst.
  • Tydaea elegans (Decne.) Planch. & Linden

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.