Dorcoceras is a genus of flowering plants in the African violet family Gesneriaceae, native to Assam, Southeast Asia, China and central Malesia. Its species were transferred from the genus Boea in 2016.
D. hygrometrica is considered a resurrection plant and its genome has been sequenced to study desiccation tolerance.
Species Currently accepted species include:
Dorcoceras brunneum C.Puglisi Dorcoceras geoffrayi (Pellegr.) C.Puglisi Dorcoceras glabrum C.Puglisi Dorcoceras hygrometrica Bunge Dorcoceras philippense (C.B.Clarke) Schltr. Dorcoceras uthongense Prajanban, Patumch. & Panvilai Dorcoceras wallichii (R.Br.) C.Puglisi
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