Pandorea jasminoides

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Overview

Ornamental liana from northeastern New South Wales, Australia.

Common Names

Description

Family Bignoniaceae

Trees , shrubs , or vines , climbers rarely herbs. Leaves opposite, alternate, or whorled , simple or pinnately compound , rarely palmately compound , without stipules, climbers usually with tendrils modified sometimes into hooks or suckers . Inflorescences cymose , paniculate , or racemose, terminal or axillary , rarely flowers borne on old stems; bracts and bractlets present, sometimes deciduous. Flowers bisexual , zygomorphic, usually large. Calyx campanulate or tubular , truncate , 2-5-dentate, or glandular subulate-dentate. Corolla campanulate or funnelform , usually bilabiate; lobes 5, imbricate or valvate . Fertile stamens 4 (didynamous ) and staminode 1, or 2 and staminodes 3, rarely all 5 stamens fertile. Disc fleshy . Ovary superior, 2-locular, rarely 1- or 4-locular; placentation axile or parietal ; ovules numerous . Style filiform ; stigma 2-lobed. Capsule dehiscing loculicidally or septicidally, rarely fruit fleshy and indehiscent. Seeds numerous, usually winged or with tufts of hairs at both ends; endosperm absent.

About 116-120 genera and 650-750 species: mostly in tropical and subtropical regions; 12 genera and 35 species (21 endemic) in China.

Plants of the Bignoniaceae usually produce large flowers, and many species are widely cultivated in China as ornamentals . These include Arrabidaea magnifica Sprague ex Steenis, Campsis radicans (Linnaeus) Seemann, Catalpa speciosa (Warder ex Barney) Engelmann, Clytostoma callistegioides (Chamisso) Bureau & Schumann, Crescentia alata Kunth, C. cujete Linnaeus, Jacaranda cuspidifolia Martius, J. mimosifolia D. Don, Kigelia africana (Lamarck) Bentham, Macfadyena unguis-cati (Linnaeus) A. H. Gentry, Pandorea jasminoides (Linnaeus) Schumann, Parmetiera cerifera Seemann, Podranea ricasoliana (Tanfani) Sprague, Pyrostegia venusta (Ker-Gawler) Miers, Spathodea campanulata Beauvois, Stenolobium stans (Linnaeus) Seemann, Tabebuia chrysantha (Jacquin) G. Nicholson, T. rosea (Bertoloni) de Candolle, and Tecomaria capensis (Thunberg) Spach.Zhi-Yun Zhang & Thawatchai Santisuk "Bignoniaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 18 Page 213. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.

Physical Description

Biology

Growth

Culture: Space 24-36" apart.

Soil: Minimum pH: 6.1 • Maximum pH: 7.8

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b. (map)

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Pandorea jasminoides (Lindl.) K. Schum.
2. Tecoma jasminoides

Notes

Basionym : Bignoniaceae Tecoma jasminoides Lindl.Basionym author : (Lindl.)An accepted name in the RHS Horticultural Database.

Place of publication : H. G. A. Engler & K . A. E. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3b):230. 1894

Name verified on 25-Apr-1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 26-Jun-2000

Similar Species

Members of the genus Pandorea

There are approximately 54 species in this genus:

P. 'Pink Supreme' (Bower Vine) · P. acutifolia · P. amboinensis · P. australis · P. australis australis · P. australis linearis · P. australis meonantha · P. australis pandorea · P. australis subsp. australis · P. australis subsp. linearis · P. australis subsp. meonantha · P. australis subsp. pandorea · P. australis var. australis · P. australis var. meonantha · P. australis var. oxleyi · P. australis var. rosea · P. austro-caledonica · P. baileyana · P. brycei · P. ceramica · P. curtisii · P. dendrophila · P. doratoxylon · P. jasminoides (Bower Vine) · P. jasminoides 'Alba' (Bower Vine) · P. jasminoides 'Charisma' (Charisma Bower Vine) · P. jasminoides 'Lady Di' (White Bower Vine) · P. jasminoides 'Rosea Superba' · P. jasminoides 'Rosea' (Jasmine) · P. jasminoides 'Southern Belle' (Bower Vine) · P. jasminoides 'Southern Sunset' · P. jasminoides 'Variegata' (Variegated Bower Vine) · P. jasminoides var. alba · P. jasminoides var. jasminoides · P. leptophylla · P. montana · P. nervosa · P. oxleyi · P. pandorana (Wonga Vine) · P. pandorana 'Golden Showers' (Wonga-Wonga Vine) · P. pandorana 'Ruby Heart' · P. pandorana 'Snowbells' · P. pandorana a · P. pandorana austrocaledonica · P. pandorana pandorana · P. pandorana subsp. austrocaledonica · P. pandorana subsp. pandorana · P. pandorana subsp. timorensis · P. pandorana timorensis · P. pandorea · P. poincillantha · P. ricasoliana · P. stenantha · P. traversii

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• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 26, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
• MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 18, 2008.
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (May 02, 2008)

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 26, 2008:

• Australian National Herbarium (CANB)
• GBIF-Spain: Jardín Botánico de Córdoba: Herbarium COA
• Missouri Botanical Garden

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5847199
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:119811-3
• GRIN Nomen Number: 26424
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 119811-3
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 606812

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