Plagianthus

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Plagianthus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Plagianthus (Greek, oblique flower). Malvaceae. Trees or shrubs, rarely herbs, with large or small white 5-petaled flowers, little known in this country. Bractlets none or distant from the calyx, which is 5-toothed or cut; column of stamens divided at the apex into many filaments; cells of ovary 2-5, rarely 1 or many; ovules solitary, pendulous: carpels in a single series: style-tranches longitudinally stigmatose within: foliage and infl. various. Distinguished from Abutilon by the number of ovules.—About 12 species from Austral., New Zeal., and Van Dieman's Land. They are hardy in the most favored parts of England. None of the species is offered in America. They are known as "ribbon trees." P. betulinus, A. Cunn. Ribbonwood. Tree, 30-60 ft. high, with trunk sometimes 3 ft. diam.: lvs. of mature plants 1-3 in. long, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate: fls. small, unisexual, in terminal or axillary decompound panicles, yellowish white. New Zeal. Said to be used by the Maoris for making rope and twine.—For P.Lyallii, Hook., see under Gaya, Vol. III, p. 1319, additional illustrations of which are G. 32:543; 35:677. G.M. 55: 572. Gn. 44:28; 75, p. 372. G.C. III. 4:209; 41:332,335. H.F.II. 13:361. Wilhelm Miller. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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