Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants
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6679.000 Beaumontia
Bailey, L.H. (1949) Manual of Cultivated Plants Revised edition. Macmillan, New York.
Description of the genus
Woody climber. Leaves opposite. Inflorescence of terminal cymes, the flowers subtended by leaf -like bracts. Calyx large with leafy lobes. Corolla funnel-shaped, large, white. Stamens with long filaments, widened above, united, adherent to the stigma. Ovaries 2. Fruit long, cylindric, woody, splitting into 2 follicles. Derivation of name: Named after a Lady Beaumont from Yorkshire Worldwide: 9 species from India and China to Bali Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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| grandiflora Wall. | Description, Image |
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External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): BeaumontiaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Beaumontia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Beaumontia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Beaumontia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Beaumontia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Beaumontia
JSTOR Plant Science: Beaumontia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Beaumontia
Plants of the World Online: Beaumontia
Tropicos: Beaumontia
Wikipedia: Beaumontia
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