Details of genus: Proboscidea [2625]
genus_ja:
genus_en: Elephant’s tusk, Proboscis flower, Unicorn plant
# spp.: 10
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accepted:
Family: Martyniaceae
family_ja: ツノゴマ
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distribution_en:
description_en: Genus of about 9 species of erect to spreading, robust, frequently sticky-hairy annuals and perennials found in open plains in tropical North, Central, and South America. They are grown for the tropical effect of their foliage and fruits; the fruits can be dried and used for winter arrangements. The opposite, occasionally alternate, long-stemmed, fairly coarse leaves are rounded to ovate-lance-shaped, entire to palmately or pinnately lobed, and strongly veined. The flowers are borne in racemes, and are funnel- to bell-shaped, 5-lobed, reddish purple, lavender-pink, creamy white, or orange-yellow, with enclosing calyces split to the bases on one side; they are followed by unusually shaped fruits, which each have a pair of strongly upcurved, slender, horn-like beaks or projections at one end, and a fringed crest along the centre of the capsule body. The cultivated species are annuals, and are suitable for a mixed border; they may also be grown as decorative container plants in a cool or temperate greenhouse or conservatory.
hardiness_en: Half hardy.
cultivation_en:
propagation_en: Sow seed at 21-24°C (70-75°F) in spring.
pests_en: Trouble free.
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Update Information: Created: 2010-06-04 18:58; Updated: 2020-04-05 05:47
family:
| System | Accepted? | Scientific name | Japanese name | Infra-familial classification | # species | |
| APG4 | Accepted | Martyniaceae | ツノゴマ科 | 10 | Show | |
| PB2 | Pedaliaceae | ゴマ科 | Show | |||
| PB3 | Pedaliaceae | ゴマ科 | Show |