Pandorea floribunda

Pandorea floribunda is a species of flowering plant in the family Bignoniaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is similar to Pandorea pandorana but the leaflets are egg-shaped, 30–80 mm (1.2–3.1 in) long and 15–50 mm (0.59–1.97 in) wide and the flowers are pale yellow to cream-coloured.[2]

Pandorea floribunda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Bignoniaceae
Genus: Pandorea
Species:
P. floribunda
Binomial name
Pandorea floribunda
Synonyms[1]

Tecoma floribunda DC.

This species was first formally described in 1845 by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle who gave it the name Tecoma floribunda in his treatise, Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis from an unpublished description by Allan Cunningham.[3][4] In 2008, Gordon P. Guymer changed the name to Pandorea floribunda in the journal Austrobaileya.[5][6]

Pandorea floribunda grows in forest, woodland and rainforest from sea leavel to an altitude of 1,200 m (3,900 ft) on the coast and ranges from Gladstone in Queensland to Lismore in New South Wales.[2]

References

  1. "Pandorea baileyana". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  2. Guymer, Gordon P. (2008). "Two new species of Pandorea Spach (Bignoniaceae) recognised from Queensland". Austrobaileya. 7 (4): 736. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  3. "Tecoma floribunda". APNI. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  4. de Candolle, Augustin P. (1845). Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis. Paris. p. 225. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  5. "Pandorea floribunda". APNI. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  6. Black, John McConnell (1927). "Additions to the Flora of South Australia. No. 35". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia. 61: 248. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
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