Details of genus: Tweedia [1978]
genus_ja:
genus_en:
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accepted:
Family: Apocynaceae
family_ja: キョウチクトウ
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distribution_en:
description_en: Genus of one species of evergreen, twining, scrambling subshrub from scrub and rocky areas in S. Brazil and Uruguay. It has simple, opposite leaves and produces stalked, axillary and terminal cymes of short, tubular, 5-petalled, salverform flowers. In frost-prone areas, grow as an annual or in a cool greenhouse. In warmer climates, grow in a border or among other small shrubs.
hardiness_en: Frost tender
cultivation_en:
propagation_en: Sow seed at 15°C (59°F) in spring. Insert softwood cuttings with bottom heat in summer.
pests_en: Trouble free.
description_ja:
comment:
comment_ja: ルリトウワタ(ブルースター，日)，オキシペタルム
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Phylogenetic definition:
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 |