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'''''Blakea''''' is a genus of [[plant]] in family [[Melastomataceae]]. {{Inc| Blakea (Stephen Blake, gardener, of the island of Antigua in the West Indies, who wrote "Compleat Gardener's Practice," London, 1664). Valdesia, Ruiz & Pav. Melastomaceae. Hothouse or greenhouse evergreen shrubs, of which two species are in cultivation for the showy flowers and prominent foliage. Erect or scandent woody plants, sometimes small trees: lvs. opposite, leathery, mostly prominently 3-7- nerved, petioled, nearly or quite entire, often rusty- pubescent beneath : fls. rose-purple or white, showy and large, solitary or fascicled in the axils; calyx with 4 or more scales or bracts at base; petals 6, oblong or obovate; stamens 12 with thickened filaments, the anthers cohering and opening by 2 pores at the apex; ovary adhering to calyx, 4-6-celled: fr. a fleshy berry.—About 30 species in W. Indies and S. Amer. By some the genus Amaraboya (which see) is included with Blakea; Amaraboya has capsular rather than baccate fr. }} ==Cultivation== ===Propagation=== ===Pests and diseases=== ==Species== Species include: * ''[[Blakea acostae]]'', Wurdack * ''[[Blakea brunnea]]'', [[Henry Allan Gleason|Gleason]] * ''[[Blakea campii]]'', Wurdack * ''[[Blakea eriocalyx]]'', Wurdack * ''[[Blakea formicaria]]'', Wurdack * ''[[Blakea glandulosa]]'', [[Henry Allan Gleason|Gleason]] * ''[[Blakea granatensis]]'', [[Charles Victor Naudin|Naudin]] * ''[[Blakea harlingii]]'', Wurdack * ''[[Blakea hispida]]'', Markgr. * ''[[Blakea incompta]]'', Markgr. * ''[[Blakea involvens]]'', Markgr. * ''[[Blakea jativae]]'', Wurdack * ''[[Blakea languinosa]]'', Wurdack * ''[[Blakea madisonii]]'', Wurdack * ''[[Blakea oldemanii]]'', Wurdack * ''[[Blakea pichinchensis]]'', Wurdack * ''[[Blakea rotundifolia]]'', [[David Don|D.Don]] * ''[[Blakea subvaginata]]'', Wurdack ==Gallery== <gallery perrow=5> Image:Upload.png| photo 1 Image:Upload.png| photo 2 Image:Upload.png| photo 3 </gallery> ==References== <references/> *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963 <!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 --> <!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 --> <!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 --> ==External links== *{{wplink}} {{stub}} __NOTOC__
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