Plowmania

Plowmania is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae. The only species is Plowmania nyctaginoides.[2]

Plowmania
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Plowmania
Hunz. & Subils
Species:
P. nyctaginoides
Binomial name
Plowmania nyctaginoides
(Standl.) Hunz. & Subils
Synonyms[1]

Brunfelsia nyctaginoides Standl.

Fully hardy, fast-growing evergreen climber, stems up to 5 m (16.4 ft) long. It has 4-angled stems, pinnate leaves, up 7 cm (2.8 in) long. From spring to autumn, it produces racemes of tubular orange flowers, up to 2.5cm 2.5 cm (1.0 in) long.[3]

It is native to Mexico and Guatemala.[1] Growing on volcanic peaks at high-elevations.[3]

The genus name of Plowmania is in honour of Timothy Plowman (1944–1989), an American ethnobotanist best known for his intensive work over the course of 15 years on the genus Erythroxylum, and the cultivated coca species in particular.[4] The Latin specific epithet of nyctaginoides means resembling Nyctago, a synonym of the genus Mirabilis. Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Kurtziana Vol.18 on page 127 in 1986.[1][2]

References
  1. "Plowmania nyctaginoides (Standl.) Hunz". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. "Plowmania Hunz. & Subils | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  3. "Hortus Camdenensis | Plowmania nyctaginoides (Standl.) Hunz. & Subsils". hortuscamden.com. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  4. Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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