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| image_caption = ''Plumbago auriculata''
 
| image_caption = ''Plumbago auriculata''
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| regnum = Plantae
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| divisio = Magnoliophyta
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| genus = Plumbago
 
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'''''Plumbago''''' is a genus of 10-20 species of [[flowering plant]]s in the family [[Plumbaginaceae]]. '''Plumbago''' and '''leadwort''' (names which are also used by the genus ''[[Ceratostigma]]'') are the most popular common names.  
 
'''''Plumbago''''' is a genus of 10-20 species of [[flowering plant]]s in the family [[Plumbaginaceae]]. '''Plumbago''' and '''leadwort''' (names which are also used by the genus ''[[Ceratostigma]]'') are the most popular common names.  
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[[Image:Plumbago rosea01.jpg|left|thumb|''Plumbago indica'']]
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[[Image:Plumbago rosea01.jpg|thumb|''Plumbago indica'']]
[[Image:Plumbago_zeylanica1MTFL.jpg|left|thumb|''Plumbago zeylanica'']]
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[[Image:Plumbago_zeylanica1MTFL.jpg|thumb|''Plumbago zeylanica'']]
 
The species include [[herbaceous]] plants and [[shrub]]s which grow to 0.5-2 m tall. The [[leaf|leaves]] are arranged spirally, simple, entire, 0.5-12 cm long, have a tapered base and often a hairy margin. [[Flower]]s can be white, blue, purple, red, or pink, with a tubular corolla and with five petal-like lobes; they are produced in [[raceme]]s.  
 
The species include [[herbaceous]] plants and [[shrub]]s which grow to 0.5-2 m tall. The [[leaf|leaves]] are arranged spirally, simple, entire, 0.5-12 cm long, have a tapered base and often a hairy margin. [[Flower]]s can be white, blue, purple, red, or pink, with a tubular corolla and with five petal-like lobes; they are produced in [[raceme]]s.  
    
The flower [[sepal|calyx]] has glandular hairs, which secrete a sticky mucilage that is capable of trapping and killing insects. The purpose of this secretion is not clear.
 
The flower [[sepal|calyx]] has glandular hairs, which secrete a sticky mucilage that is capable of trapping and killing insects. The purpose of this secretion is not clear.
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The name ''Plumbago'' is derived from [[Latin]] ''plumbum'' ("lead"), either from the lead-blue flower colour of some species ([[OED]]), or from the plant at one time being a supposed cure for [[lead]] poisoning (Huxley 1992).
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Native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the world.
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==Cultivation==
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==Species==
 
;Selected species
 
;Selected species
 
*''[[Plumbago aphylla]]'' Bojer ex Boiss. Madagascar region.
 
*''[[Plumbago aphylla]]'' Bojer ex Boiss. Madagascar region.
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*''[[Plumbago wissii]]''
 
*''[[Plumbago wissii]]''
 
*''[[Plumbago zeylanica]]'' L. '''‘ilie‘e''' ([[Hawaiian islands]]) Southeast Asia south to Australia and into [[Pacific]].
 
*''[[Plumbago zeylanica]]'' L. '''‘ilie‘e''' ([[Hawaiian islands]]) Southeast Asia south to Australia and into [[Pacific]].
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==Taxonomy==
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| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
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| familia = [[Plumbaginaceae]]
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| genus = '''''Plumbago'''''
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| genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
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The name ''Plumbago'' is derived from [[Latin]] ''plumbum'' ("lead"), either from the lead-blue flower colour of some species ([[OED]]), or from the plant at one time being a supposed cure for [[lead]] poisoning (Huxley 1992).
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==Distribution and habitat==
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Native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the world.
      
==References==
 
==References==
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*[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?9608 Germplasm Resources Information Network: ''Plumbago'']
 
*[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?9608 Germplasm Resources Information Network: ''Plumbago'']
 
*[http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/FloraData/060/PDF/V06/Volume6-Plumbago.pdf Flora of Chile: ''Plumbago''] (pdf file)
 
*[http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/FloraData/060/PDF/V06/Volume6-Plumbago.pdf Flora of Chile: ''Plumbago''] (pdf file)
*[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=126108 Flora of China: ''Plumbago'']
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*[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=201&taxon_id=126108 Flora of Ecuador: ''Plumbago'']
   
*[http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/cgi-bin/nph-readbtree.pl/feout?FAMILY_XREF=&GENUS_XREF=Plumbago&SPECIES_XREF=&TAXON_NAME_XREF=&RANK= Flora Europaea: ''Plumbago'']
 
*[http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/cgi-bin/nph-readbtree.pl/feout?FAMILY_XREF=&GENUS_XREF=Plumbago&SPECIES_XREF=&TAXON_NAME_XREF=&RANK= Flora Europaea: ''Plumbago'']
*[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=126108 Flora of North America: ''Plumbago'']
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*[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=126108 Flora of Pakistan: ''Plumbago'']
   
*Huxley, A., ed. (1992). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening''. Macmillan.
 
*Huxley, A., ed. (1992). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening''. Macmillan.
 
*Schlauer, J. (1997). "New" data relating to the evolution and phylogeny of some carnivorous plant families. ''Carnivorous Plant Newsletter'' 26(2): 34-38 (available [http://www.carnivorousplants.org/cpn/samples/Science262Evol.htm online]).
 
*Schlauer, J. (1997). "New" data relating to the evolution and phylogeny of some carnivorous plant families. ''Carnivorous Plant Newsletter'' 26(2): 34-38 (available [http://www.carnivorousplants.org/cpn/samples/Science262Evol.htm online]).

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