Crossandra - Revision history

Raffi at 22:57, 11 August 2009

2009-08-11T22:57:42Z

Silparaja at 16:36, 11 August 2009

2009-08-11T16:36:45Z

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2009-03-24T19:12:42Z

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==Cultivation==
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===Propagation===
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===Pests and diseases===
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		+	Crossandra(Greek, fringed anthers). Acanthaceae. Warmhouse evergreen shrubs of minor importance.
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		+	Upright, with entire or somewhat toothed, often verticillate Lvs., glabrous, or the infl. hairy: fls. in dense sessile spikes, red or yellow, with prominent bracts; corolla cylindrical, more or less curved, somewhat enlarged at the throat, with a flat or spreading oblique limb; stamens 4, in pairs.—Perhaps 20-25 species from India, Trop. Air, and Madagascar. The one commonly in the trade has handsome 4-eided spikes of scarlet-orange fls.; perianth has 5 segms., the 2 upper ones being smaller; stamens 4, of 2 lengths: caps, oblong, acute, 4-seeded. It is cult. S. outdoors to a slight extent, and also rarely in northern greenhouses. Should be grown in rich loam, peat or leaf-mold, and sand. Prop, by cuttings in sand over bottom heat, preferably under a bell-jar.
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		+	C. flava, Hook. Unbranched shrub, 6-8 in. high: at. green, glabrous: Lvs. opposite, close together, large for the size of the plant, 6 in. long, obovate-lanceolate, dark green above, paler beneath, wavy, more obtuse than in the above; lower Lvs. stalked, upper ones sessile: spike 4-sided, spiny; fls. yellow; tube much exserted, jointed. Trop. W. Afr. B.M. 4710.—C. guineensis, Nees. Height 2-6 in.: st. light red, rusty pubescent: Lvs. 2-4 pairs, 3-5 in. long, elliptic, green above, with golden netted nerves, reddish beneath: spike solitary, terminal, slender, 3-5 in. high; fls. numerous, small, pale lilac, with 2 darker spots on the 2 smallest seems, and a white eye. Guinea. B.M. 6346.—A handsome foliage plant. N. Taylor.
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 | sunset_zones =     <!--- eg. 8, 9, 12-24, not available -->
 | color = IndianRed
-| image = Upload.png   <!--- Freesia.jpg -->
+| image = Crossandra infundibuliformis.JPG
 | image_width = 240px    <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical -->
-| image_caption =     <!--- eg. Cultivated freesias -->
+| image_caption = Crossandra infundibuliformis
-| regnum = Plantae  <!--- Kingdom -->
+| regnum = Plantae
-| divisio =   <!--- Phylum -->
+|unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
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+|unranked_classis = Eudicots
-| ordo =    <!--- Order -->
+|unranked_ordo = Asterids
-| familia =    <!--- Family -->
+|ordo = Lamiales
-| genus = Crossandra
+|familia = Acanthaceae
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+|genus = Crossandra
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 ==Species==
-<!--  This section should be renamed Cultivars if it appears on a page for a species (rather than genus), or perhaps Varieties if there is a mix of cultivars, species, hybrids, etc    -->
+*''[[Crossandra greenstockii]]''
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+*''[[Crossandra horrida]]''
-<!--  *''[[Freesia alba]]''  -->
+*''[[Crossandra infundibuliformis]]''
-<!--  *''[[Freesia laxa]]'' (syn. ''Anomatheca laxa'', ''Lapeirousia laxa'')  -->
+*''[[Crossandra longipes]]''
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+Image:Crossandra infundibuliformis 2008.JPG|Crossandra infundibuliformis
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