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Calonyction(Greek, referring to the beauty of the flower, and the night-blooming habit). Convolvulaceae. Moonflower. Twining perennial herbs with large night-blooming flowers. | Calonyction(Greek, referring to the beauty of the flower, and the night-blooming habit). Convolvulaceae. Moonflower. Twining perennial herbs with large night-blooming flowers. | ||
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| − | {{SCH}} | + | Flowers white or purple, fragrant, showy; sepals 5, the outer ones with horn-like tips; corolla salver-form, the limb more or less flat, the tube very long and not dilated at the throat; stamens 5, exserted; style capitate and obscurely 2-lobed; ovules 4: Ivs. broad, alternate.—Three species in Trop. Amer., two of which are widely cult. By some, the genus is united with Ipomoea, but it is well distinguished by the salver- form rather than funnelform or bell-shaped corolla, by the exserted stamens and style, and by the night blooming habit.{{SCH}} |
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| + | C. tastense, House (Ipomoea tastense. Brandeg.), is the third species of Calonyction. It is native to Lower Calif., and not in cult. C. grandiflorum equals Ipomoea Tuba. | ||
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Read about Calonyction in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Calonyction(Greek, referring to the beauty of the flower, and the night-blooming habit). Convolvulaceae. Moonflower. Twining perennial herbs with large night-blooming flowers. Flowers white or purple, fragrant, showy; sepals 5, the outer ones with horn-like tips; corolla salver-form, the limb more or less flat, the tube very long and not dilated at the throat; stamens 5, exserted; style capitate and obscurely 2-lobed; ovules 4: Ivs. broad, alternate.—Three species in Trop. Amer., two of which are widely cult. By some, the genus is united with Ipomoea, but it is well distinguished by the salver- form rather than funnelform or bell-shaped corolla, by the exserted stamens and style, and by the night blooming habit.CH
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Species
Read about Calonyction in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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C. tastense, House (Ipomoea tastense. Brandeg.), is the third species of Calonyction. It is native to Lower Calif., and not in cult. C. grandiflorum equals Ipomoea Tuba.
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Gallery
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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