| Pandorea | |
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| Pandorea jasminoides | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Bignoniaceae |
| Tribe: | Tecomeae |
| Genus: | Pandorea (Endl.)Spach[1] |
| Species | |
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Pandorea is a genus of nine species of flowering plants in the familyBignoniaceae and is native to Australia,Malesia, New Guinea and New Caledonia. Plants in the genusPandorea are mostly woody climbers withimparipinnate leaves arranged in opposite pairs, flowers in groups with tube-shaped flowers, and winged seeds.
Plants in the genusPandorea are woody, evergreen climbers, rarely shrubs and have imparipinnate leaves arranged in opposite pairs and do not possesstendrils. The flowers are arranged on the ends of the stems or in upper leaf axils, sometimes appearing asracemes, each flower on apedicel. The fivesepals are fused at the base forming a bell-shaped or cup-shaped tube with short lobes. The five petals are joined at the base with two "lips" and there are two pairs of twostamens. The fruit is acapsule containing many flat, winged seeds.[2][3][4][5]
In 1838,Stephan Endlicher described the genusPandorea, initially as asection of the genusTecoma, inÉdouard Spach's monographHistoire Naturelle des Vegetaux. Phanerogames.[6][7][8] The genus name is a reference toPandora ofGreek mythology who opened a jar (Pandora's box) releasing all the evils of humanity, alluding to the many-seeded capsules produced by species ofPandorea.[9]
The following is a list ofPandorea species accepted byPlants of the World Online as of October 2021:[10]
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