Radermachera
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Radermachera is a genus of 15-16 species of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae, native to southeastern Asia. They are evergreen trees reaching 5-40 m tall, with bipinnate or tripinnate leaves, and panicles of large bell-shaped, white, pink, pale purple or yellow flowers 5-7 cm diameter.
The genus is named after Jacob Cornelis Matthieu Radermacher, the 18th century Dutch naturalist who cataloged much of the flora of Java and Sumatra.
- Selected species
- Radermachera frondosa Chun & How
- Radermachera eberhardtii Dop
- Radermachera gigantea Miquel
- Radermachera glandulosa (Blume) Miquel
- Radermachera hainanensis Merrill
- Radermachera ignea (Kurz) Steenis
- Radermachera microcalyx C. Y. Wu & W. C. Yin
- Radermachera peninsularis Steenis
- Radermachera pentandra Hemsley
- Radermachera pinnata (Blanco) Seem.
- Radermachera ramiflora Steenis
- Radermachera sinica (Hance) Hemsley
- Radermachera xylocarpa (Roxb.) K. Schum
- Radermachera yunnanensis C. Y. Wu & W. C. Yin
[edit] Cultivation and uses
R. sinica has become a popular houseplant, grown for its decorative foliage.
[edit] References
- Flora of China: Radermachera
- Flora of Thailand: Radermachera species list
- Radermachera eberhardtii (Bignoniaceae), a new record for Thailand Thai Forest. Bull. (Bot.) 31: 129–131. 2003 (pdf file).
