SolanaceaeSubfamily Browallioideae
Tribe Browallieae
Subfamily Browallioideae
Tribe Cestreae
Subfamily Nicotianoideae
Subfamily Petunioideae
Subfamily Schizanthoideae
Subfamily Solanoideae
Subfamily Solanoideae
Tribe Capsiceae
Subfamily Solanoideae
Tribe Datureae
Subfamily Solanoideae
Tribe Juanulloeae
Subfamily Solanoideae
Tribe Lycieae
Subfamily Solanoideae
Tribe Physaleae
Subfamily Solanoideae
Tribe Solaneae
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Solandra longiflora Tussac.
- Common Name: Chalice vine
- Family: Solanaceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: Cuba, Hispaniola
- Habitat:
- Description: Very similar to S. grandiflora but differing from it in the calyx being only half as long as the corolla. Following text is for S. grandiflora
Coarse, glabrous, woody vine, to 30 feet or more; leaves elliptic to obovate, to 7 inches long, acute, petioles less than one inch long; calyx tubular, to 3 inches long, 2-lobed, as long as the narrow portion of the corolla tube, corolla white, turning yellow to brownish-yellow on the second day, 4-6 inches long, expanded above the calyx and slightly contracted at the mouth. S. grandiflora is found in Jamaica, Puerto Rico and the lesser Antilles. S. longiflora is found in Cuba and Hispaniola.
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Accession Data:- Accession # 198500483
- Source: Unknown
- Accession Date: 12-31-1985
- Bench: 1301 - NEO:Caribbean A
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 02-03-2012
Classification:- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: euasterid I
- Order: Solanales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Solanaceae
- SubFamily: Solanoideae
- Tribe:
- SubTribe:
References:Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976
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