Pandorea jasminoides

Pink Pandorea ( Pandorea jasminoides ), flowers and habit.

The Pink Pandorea ( Pandorea jasminoides, Syn. Tecoma jasminoides Lindl ), jasmine trumpet, called Australian Beautiful vine leaf wine or imprecise, is a flowering plant in the family Bignoniaceae ( Bignoniaceae ). It occurs only in the Australian states of New South Wales and Queensland.

• 5.1 Notes and references

Description

Appearance and leaf

The Pink Pandorea grows as a vine or shrub rank. The mostly opposite, sometimes whorled in threes arranged leaves are pinnate and about 12 to 17 inches long with a 2 to 4 cm long petiole. They consist of four to seven compound leaves that are 4.5 to 6 inches long and 1.5 to 3 inches wide. The pinnate leaves have a smooth edge and sitting at a 2-4 mm long stalk; the base of the leaflets is asymmetrical. Stipules absent.

Inflorescence and flower

The inflorescences are thyrsi and sometimes seem to be racemose; they are 6 to 12 inches long. The hermaphrodite, five petals are more or less zygomorphic. The five green sepals are fused to a 5 to 7 mm long calyx. The five petals are fused trumpet-shaped and 4 to 6 inches long; their color can be white or pink with a red throat. The crown is inside and outside hairy hairy very short. The trumpet-shaped crown is more or less upright and has a diameter of 10 to 20 millimeters. The Corolla lobe are 2 to 3 inches long. The four stamens are borne in pairs. The ovary is upper constant. It is a discus available.

Fruit and seeds

There is formed a capsule fruit that is 4 to 6 inches long and has a diameter of about 1 to 2 centimeters. The flat seeds are nearly surrounded by a membranous wings and have a diameter of 10 to 15 millimeters.

Occurrence

Pandorea jasminoides comes from the north-eastern New South Wales and Queensland in Australia. It grows in subtropical coastal forest or dry forest.

Use

Due to its many showy, trumpet-shaped flowers and its long duration of flowering varieties of this species are used as ornamental plants. It is a non- hardy, evergreen climber. It is also suitable for conservatories.

Taxonomy

The first description was in 1837 by the English botanist John Lindley under the name ( basionym ) Tecoma jasminoides in Edwards 's Botanical Register, 23 (new ser., 10 ), table 2002. Through the German botanist Karl Moritz Schumann in 1894 the new combination to Pandorea jasminoides ( Lindl. ) K.Schum. Adolf Engler and Prantl Carl: The natural plant families performed.

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• Entry in the Flora of New South Wales Online. (Sections Description and occurrence)