MANDEVILLA ILLUSTRIS
Author:
Robert Everard Woodson, 1933
Family:
APOCYNACEAE
Origin:
Elevation:
Publisher:
Woodson. (1933). In: Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 20: 727.
Collection number:
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Thickness:
5 Centimetres
Height:
40 Centimetres
Propagate:
Seeds/Cuttings?
CITES:
Synonyms:
Echites illustris, José Mariano da Conceição Vellozo, 1829.
Echites venenosus Mart. ex Stadelm. 1841.
Dipladenia illustris, Alphonse Louis Pierre Pyramus de Candolle, 1844.
Dipladenia gardneriana A. DC. 1844.
Echites rosa-campestris Endl. 1846.
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Dipladenia rosa-campestris, Lem. 1847.
Chariomma nobilis, Miers.
Dipladenia androsaemifolia, A.DC.
Dipladenia gardneriana var. grandiflora, A.DC.
Dipladenia illustris var. glabra, Müll.Arg.
Dipladenia illustris f. glabra, Hoehne.
Dipladenia illustris f. pilosa, Hoehne.
Dipladenia illustris var. tomentosa, Müll.Arg.
Dipladenia nobilis, C.Morren.
Echites nobilis, Lem.
Echites rosacampestris, Endl.
Mandevilla illustris var. glabra, Woodson.
Mandevilla illustris var. typica, Woodson.
This member of the Apocynaceae family was given this name by Robert Everard Woodson in 1933. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay, growing in sand or another well drained soil with some water and lots of sun. The caudex can grow to five centimetres, the single, annual stem up to 40 centimetres. The flowers are from dark pink to magenta. The genera is named after H. John Mandeville, 1773-1861, an English diplomat in Argentina. The species name means 'brilliant' or 'lustrous'. for the flowers.
Flower
Dark Pink - Magenta
Soil
Sand - Mix
Water
Medium
Sun
Maximum
