6560.000 Allamanda
ALLEMANDA L.
Bailey, L.H. (1949) Manual of Cultivated Plants Revised edition. Macmillan, New York.
Bailey, L.H. & Bailey, E.Z. (1976) Hortus Third. A concise Dictionary of Plants Cultivated in the United States and Canada Macmillan Publishing Co, Inc., New York
Description of the genus
Erect or climbing shrubs, with milky latex. Leaves in whorls of 3-4, sometimes opposite, entire. Flowers bisexual, large and showy. Inflorescences of lax few-flowered racemes at the ends of the branches. Calyx deeply 5-lobed. Corolla campanulate-funnelform, yellow, pink or purple; tube cylindric with hairs or hairy scales at throat. Stamens inserted at mouth of corolla tube; anthers not united with the stigma. Ovary 1-locular; ovules many. Fruit a spiny capsule, splitting into 2 valves. Seeds many, flattened, winged. Derivation of name: after Dr Allamand, professor of natural history at the University of Leyden in the last part of the 18th century. Worldwide: 12 species in tropical America Mozambique: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): AllamandaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Allamanda
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Allamanda
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Allamanda
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