Pandorea

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Phylogeny & links to associated information:

Wikipedia links:       Angiosperms  > Eudicots > Asterids > Lamiales > Bignoniaceae > Pandorea 

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Plant  information

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Etymology:   

• The genus name is a reference to Pandora of Greek mythology who opened a jar (Pandora's box) releasing all the evils of humanity, alluding to the many-seeded capsules produced by species of Pandorea

Flowers:                  

• Have mostly  flowers in groups with tube-shaped flowers

• The flowers are arranged on the ends of the stems or in upper leaf axils, sometimes appearing as racemes, each flower on a pedicel

• The five sepals are fused at the base forming a bell-shaped or cup-shaped tube with short lobes

• The five petals are joined at the base with two "lips" and there are two pairs of two stamens

Fruit:                         

• The fruit is a capsule containing many flat, winged seeds

Leaves:         

• Have mostly imparipinnate leaves arranged in opposite pairs

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Stem & branches: 

Roots:         

Habit:        

• Woody, evergreen climbers, rarely shrubs 

• Are mostly woody climbers with imparipinnate leaves arranged in opposite pairs, flowers in groups with tube-shaped flowers, and winged seeds

Habitat:   

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Distribution:                  

• Native to Australia, Malesia, New Guinea and New Caledonia

Species:                     

• World:           9

• Australia:     7

Additional notes:     

• Taxonomy

  • In 1838, Stephan Endlicher described the genus Pandorea, initially as a section of the genus Tecoma, in Édouard Spach's monograph Histoire Naturelle des Vegetaux Phanerogames 

• Species list

  • The following is a list of Pandorea species accepted by Plants of the World Online as of October 2021:

    1. Pandorea baileyana – large-leaved wonga vine (Qld., N.S.W.)

    2. Pandorea doratoxylon (Qld., N.S.W.)

    3. Pandorea floribunda (Qld., N.S.W.)

    4. Pandorea jasminoides – bower of beauty (Qld., N.S.W.)

    5. Pandorea linearis (Qld.)

    6. Pandorea montana (New Guinea)

    7. Pandorea nervosa (Qld.)

    8. Pandorea pandorana – wonga wonga vine (Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku, New Caledonia, New Guinea, N.S.W., Norfolk Island, N.T., Qld., Solomon Islands, Tas., Vanuatu, Vic.)

       • Pandorea pandorana subsp. austrocaledonica (New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, Vanuatu)

       • Pandorea pandorana subsp. pandorana (Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku, New Guinea, N.S.W., N.T., Qld., Solomon Islands, Tas., Vic.)

    9. Pandorea stenantha (New Guinea)

Sources of information:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandorea (2023)