| Author: | Robert
Everard Woodson, 1933 |
| Family: |
APOCYNACEAE |
| Origin: |
Bolivia,
Brazil, Paraguay |
| Soil: |
Sand - Mix |
| Water:
|
Medium |
| Sun: |
Maximum |
| Thickness: |
5 Centimetres |
| Height: |
40 Centimetres |
| Flower:
|
Dark Pink
- Magenta |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings? |
| Names:
|
Jalapa,
Jalapa-do-Campo |
| Synonyms: |
Echites
illustris, José Mariano da Conceiēćo 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.
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. |
