Details of genus: Stephanotis [1719]
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Family: Apocynaceae
family_ja: キョウチクトウ
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distribution_en:
description_en: Genus of 5-15 species of evergreen, woody-stemmed climbers from tropical woodland in Africa, Madagascar, and Asia. They are grown for their strongly perfumed, waxy, tubular, usually white flowers, each with 5 spreading lobes, borne in short-stalked, axillary cymes. Leaves are opposite, ovate to elliptic, and leathery. Where temperatures fall below 15°C (59°F), grow in a warm greenhouse or as houseplants. In warmer areas, train over a pergola or on a wall.
hardiness_en: Frost tender.
cultivation_en:
propagation_en: Sow seed at 18-21°C (64-70°F) in spring. Root semi-ripe cuttings with bottom heat in summer.
pests_en: Under glass, may be infested by red spider mites, scale insects, mealybugs, and root mealybugs.
description_ja:
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comment_ja: マダガスカルジャスミン(Madagascar jasmine)，シタキソウ
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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 | Apocynaceae | キョウチクトウ科 | Show | |||
| PB2 | Asclepiadaceae | ガガイモ科 | Show | |||
| PB3 | Apocynaceae (Asclepiadaceae) | キョウチクトウ (ガガイモ)科 | Show | |||
| APW | Apocynaceae | キョウチクトウ科 | Show |