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(Last Modified On 5/22/2013)
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(Last Modified On 5/22/2013)
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Species
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Tecomaria capensis (Thunb.) Spach
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PlaceOfPublication
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Hist. Nat. Veg. Phan. 9: 137. 1840.
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Synonym
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Bignonia capensis Thunb., Prodr. 105. 1794-1800. TYPE: (not seen). Tecoma capensis (Thunb.) Lindl., Bot. Reg. tab. 1117. 1827. Tecomaria krebsii Ki. in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 193. 1862-1864. TYPE: (not seen). Tecomaria petersii Ki. in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 192. 1862-1864. TYPE: (not seen).
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Description
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Shrub or subshrub, the branches flexuous. Leaves opposite, pinnately com- pound, usually 7-11-foliolate; the leaflets elliptic to suborbicular, apically and basally rounded or abruptly cuneate, sessile, ca. 1.5 cm long and 1.0 cm wide, serrate, membranaceous, puberulous at least along main veins, the axils usually with tufts of branched trichomes. Inflorescence a raceme or racemose panicle. Flowers with the calyx cupular, 5-toothed, 5-7 mm long and 4-5 mm wide, more or less puberulous, cilate with scattered plate-shaped glands in the upper half; corolla orange to orange-scarlet, tubular, curved, 3.5-5 cm long and 0.6- 0.7 cm wide at the mouth, mostly glabrous, the lobes ciliate; stamens more or less equal in length, anthers exserted, the thecae ca. 3 mm long, slightly divergent for 1/2-%/. of their length, the slender filament attached ca. 1 mm from the fused end of the thecae; pistil 5.5-6.5 cm long, the ovary oblong, glabrous; disc cupular-pulvinate. Fruit rarely set in Central America, the capsule linear, 5-11 cm long and 7-8 mm wide; seeds in two rows, thin, bialate with hyaline membranaceous wings.
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Habit
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Shrub or subshrub
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Note
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Native to South Africa, T. capensis is commonly cultivated in the subtropics and at higher altitudes in the tropics. Reported by Standley as cultivated frequently in Central America including Costa Rica, collections have not been seen from Panama, but it is certainly to be expected. This plant is recognized by its pinnately compound leaves and narrow tubular orange-red flowers with strongly exserted anthers.
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Native
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South Africa
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Distribution
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South Africa cultivated in the subtropics and at higher altitudes in the tropics.
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