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Family
Classification
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Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Salpiglossis Ruiz. & Pav., Fl. Peruv. Prodr. 94 (1794)
Description
Unarmed annual, biennial or perennial herbs, glandular-hairy. Lvs alternate, simple, entire to sinuate or pinnatifid, sessile or petiolate. Infl. a few-flowered open cyme; fls on long peduncles, in the axils of, or opposite to, uppermost lvs. Calyx 5-toothed, tubular. Corolla funnelform, of various colours, often bicoloured; tube narrow-cylindric, widening to the broad throat; lobes 5, spreading. Stamens 4, didynamous, included; staminode 1. Stigma entire or 2-lobed. Capsule oblong to ovoid; valves 2. Seeds small, numerous.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 1 |
| Total | 1 |
Bibliography
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
Ruiz, H.; Pavon, J.A. 1794: Flora Peruvianae, et Chilensis Prodromus.
