Details of Genus: Nematanthus
ID: 1625
Genus ja:
Genus en:
# spp.: N/A (from genus_families table) | 0 (from names table)
Accepted:
Family: Gesneriaceae
Family ja: イワタバコ
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Distribution en:
Description en: Genus of about 30 species of scandent or trailing, evergreen, usually epiphytic subshrubs, often becoming woody at the bases, from tropical rainforest in South America. They have opposite, some-times whorled, elliptic to obovate, entire to toothed, fleshy leaves. The colourful flowers, borne singly or in clustered cymes in the leaf axils, are tubular and pouched. In frost-prone areas, grow in a warm greenhouse or as houseplants. Elsewhere, grow epiphytically on trees or shrubs, or underplant among them.
Hardiness en: Frost tender.
Cultivation en:
Propagation en: Take stem-tip cuttings in spring.
Pests en: Aphids may infest new growth, including calyces and flowers.
Description ja:
Comment:
Comment ja: ネマタンツス
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Update information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2026-03-03 21:57
Family:
| System | Accepted? | Botanical name | Japanese name | Infra-familial classification | # species | |
| APG4 | Gesneriaceae | イワタバコ科 | Show | |||
| PB2 | Gesneriaceae | イワタバコ科 | Show | |||
| PB3 | Gesneriaceae | イワタバコ科 | Show |