Accession Data

Phyllarthron bernierianum

Family: Bignoniaceae

Country of Origin: S. Madagascar

Description: This species, from the dry southwestern forests of Madagascar, has a flattened, photosynthetic rachis (or phyllode), having lost the leaflets from its otherwise compound leaf as an adaptation to the dry environment.

Accession Data

Accession #: 201800074

Accession Date: 2018-09-19 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 1120

Quantity: 3

Source: Dylan Hannon HBG 77294

Provenance:

COLL: Madagascar; Ranobe, North of Toliara. 
Additional Info from HBG:
1994: Seed from Hermann Petignat, Arboretum d' Antsokay, Toliary, Madagascar
2011: cutting from plant in 22-5E added to conservatory.
2013: Plant in Subtr.(5E) reported dead 3/13. Cuttings taken 7/13 from Cons. plant. 
2015: Further locality data received from A. Petignat.

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: euasterid I

Order: Lamiales

Family: Bignoniaceae

Tribe: Coleeae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019

References

  1. Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. Last accessed Thursday, September 20, 2018.
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Sunday, September 23, 2018.

Images

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