Common name: Shingle Plant
Family: Marcgraviaceae
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Country of Origin: Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, Trinidad, South America
Description:
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USDA Zone: 10-12
Source: Mo Fayyaz - UWisc Madison
Provenance:
Rcvd as Marcgravia trinitatis, but suspect it may be Marcgravia rectiflora. Inflorescence pendant rather than upright, does not seem to match most online images of M. trinitatis I've come across. CMORSE 21SEPT2017.
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Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: asterids
- Order: Ericales
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- Family: Marcgraviaceae
- SubFamily: Marcgravioideae
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References:
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, September 21, 2017.
- Marcgravia trinitatis at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Thursday, September 21, 2017.
Images:
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