Details of genus: Osbeckia [1639]
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Family: Melastomataceae
family_ja: ノボタン
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description_en: Genus of 40-60 species of evergreen perennials, subshrubs, and shrubs from Africa to China, and southwards from Japan to Australia, where they thrive in habitats from grassland to woodland. They are grown for their often showy, 4- or 5-petalled flowers, borne in terminal, leafy panicles or cymes, or sometimes singly, and for their simple, opposite, usually entire, somewhat leathery and bristly-hairy, strongly 3- to 7-veined leaves. Below 13-15°C (55-59°F), grow in a warm greenhouse; in warmer areas, use in a border.
hardiness_en: Frost tender.
cultivation_en:
propagation_en: Sow seed at 18°C (64°F) in spring. Root semi-ripe cuttings with bottom heat in summer.
pests_en: Prone to scale insects and red spider mites under glass.
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comment_ja: ヒメノボタン
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Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2020-09-04 03:56
family:
| System | Accepted? | Scientific name | Japanese name | Infra-familial classification | # species | |
| APG4 | Melastomataceae | ノボタン科 | Show | |||
| PB2 | Melastomataceae | ノボタン科 | Show | |||
| PB3 | Melastomataceae | ノボタン科 | Show |