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| | image_caption = ''Plumbago auriculata'' | | | image_caption = ''Plumbago auriculata'' |
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| + | | lifespan = [[Perennial]] |
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| + | | regnum = Plantae |
| + | | divisio = Magnoliophyta |
| + | | classis = Magnoliopsida |
| + | | ordo = Caryophyllales |
| + | | familia = Plumbaginaceae |
| + | | 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'']] | + | [[Image:Plumbago rosea01.jpg|thumb|''Plumbago indica'']] |
− | [[Image:Plumbago_zeylanica1MTFL.jpg|left|thumb|''Plumbago zeylanica'']] | + | [[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. |
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| 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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| *''[[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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− | | regnum = [[Plant]]ae
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− | | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
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− | | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
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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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| *[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'']
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| *[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'']
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| *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]). |