MalvaceaeSubfamily Bombacoideae
Tribe Adansonieae
Subfamily Byttneroideae
Tribe Hermannieae
Subfamily Byttneroideae
Tribe Theobromeae
Subfamily Dombeyoideae
Tribe Dombeyeae
Subfamily Grewioideae
Tribe Grewieae
Subfamily Grewioideae
Tribe Sparrmannieae
Subfamily Malvoideae
Subfamily Malvoideae
Tribe Gossypieae
Subfamily Malvoideae
Tribe Hibisceae
Subfamily Malvoideae
Tribe Malveae
Subfamily Sterculioideae
Tribe Sterculieae
W/C = Wild Collected |
Thespesia populnea (L.) Soland. ex Correa
- Query IPNI
- Common Name: Portia Tree, Indian Tulip Tree
- Family: Malvaceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: Old World tropics, naturalized in New World
- Habitat: mangrove forest associations
- Description: This evergreen tree is bushy when young but thins out with age. It grows to 40 ft (12 m) or more with a spread of 10–20 ft (3–6 m). It has heart-shaped leaves and cup-shaped yellow flowers that are produced intermittently throughout the year in warm climates. Each flower has a maroon eye that ages to purple. This species grows well by the sea.
Apparently switches to C4 photosynthesis in saline conditions.
- Culture: prune to maintain bushiness
Restrictions:- Potentially Invasive Plant - Plants are not to leave Greenhouse!
Images of this accession: {and/or its current location}
Accession Data:- Accession # 199400004
- Source: Webster - Seed - 1/94
- Accession Date: 05-16-1994
- Bench: 1113 - AFR:Guinean Forest C
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 10-21-2009
Classification:- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: eurosid II
- Order: Malvales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Malvaceae
- SubFamily: Malvoideae
- Tribe: Gossypieae
- SubTribe:
References:
- Hibiscus.org
- Botanica, Turner & Wasson, 1997, CD-ROM Version
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