Luehea

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Read about Luehea in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Luehea (F. Karl van der Luhe, Austrian botanist interested in the Cape of Good Hope). Tiliaceae. About 16 species of trees and tall shrubs from the warmer parts of Amer., with usually toothed lvs. and handsome white or rosy fls. borne in a terminal panicle, or sometimes in the axils: sepals and petals 5; stamens numerous, the outer ones often without anthers; ovary 5- celled: caps, rather woody, loculicidally semi-5-valved. A species was intro. into Santa Barbara, some years ago, from Paraguay. It is probably L. divaricata, Mart., with lvs. oblong or elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, irregularly serrate, grayish beneath. Luehea is also spelled Luhea, and the genus of this name of the Verbenaceae is a S. African group referred to Stilbe. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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