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Accession Data:

Marsdenia floribunda (Brongn.) Schltr.

  • Common Name: Stephanotis, Madagascar Jasmine
  • Family: Apocynaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Madagascar
  • Habitat: Humid Forest; 0-499 m

  • Description: Twining shrub, to 15 feet or more; leaves elliptic, 2-4 inches long, abruptly pointed at apex, obtuse or subcordate, thick, shining; flowers white, waxy, fragrant, 1-2 inches long; follicles 3-4 inches long.
  • USDA Zone: 10a-11

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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2005

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198900007
  • Source: Unknown
  • Recorded Vouchers:
    1. Voucher 149846 as Stephanotis floribunda at George Safford Torrey Herbarium (CONN). Specimen collected 27 May 1968. Herbarium Image
    2. Voucher 149845 as Stephanotis floribunda at George Safford Torrey Herbarium (CONN). Specimen collected 23 March 1968. Herbarium Image
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1989
  • Bench: 1101 - AFR:East Bench NN
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 04-17-2018

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: euasterid I
  • Order: Gentianales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Apocynaceae
  • SubFamily: Asclepiadoideae
  • Tribe: Marsdenieae
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

  • Plants with Extrafloral Nectaries
  • FFA Career Development Plant List
  • Plants with Vouchers deposited in CONN
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Madagascar

References (external):

  1. Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, December 15, 2016.
  3. Stephanotis floribunda at Wikipedia. Accessed 7 June 2015.

data regenerated on Thu, 19 Apr 2018 13:30:42 -0400

Images:

Marsdenia floribunda

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Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
Tribe Asclepiadeae

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  • Cynanchinae: Cynanchum grandidieri W/C
  • Cynanchinae: Cynanchum marnierianum
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  • Stapeliinae: Ceropegia ampliata
  • Stapeliinae: Ceropegia cimiciodora
  • Stapeliinae: Ceropegia linearis subsp. woodii
  • Stapeliinae: Ceropegia stapeliiformis
  • Stapeliinae: Huernia piersii
  • Stapeliinae: Huernia plowesii
  • Stapeliinae: Huernia procumbens
  • Stapeliinae: Huernia thureti var. thureti
  • Stapeliinae: Huernia zebrina
  • Stapeliinae: Larryleachia cactiformis
  • Stapeliinae: Stapelia flavopurpurea
  • Stapeliinae: Stapelia gigantea
  • Stapeliinae: Stapelia grandiflora
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Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
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  • Dischidia litoralis
  • Dischidia major
  • Dischidia major
  • Dischidia ovata
  • Dischidia platyphylla
  • Dischidia ruscifolia
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  • Hoya carnosa
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  • Hoya imbricata
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Tribe Periploceae

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W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 10 days
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= voucher(s) on file at CONN for this accession
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