Incarvillea
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Incarvillea is a genus
of 16 species of flowering plant
s in the family Bignoniaceae
, native to central and eastern Asia
, with most of the species growing at high altitudes in the Himalaya and Tibet
. The most familiar species is Incarvillea delavayi, a garden plant commonly known as "hardy gloxinia" or "Chinese trumpet flower". Unlike most other members of Bignoniaceae, which are usually trees or lianas, species of Incarvillea are stemless perennial herbs with fleshy tuberous roots.
Incarvillea is named after the french jesuit, Pierre Nicholas Le Chéron d'Incarville.
Selected species
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of 16 species of flowering plant
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s in the family Bignoniaceae
Bignoniaceae
The Bignoniaceae, or Trumpet Creeper Family, is a family of flowering plants comprising about 650-750 species in 116-120 genera. Members of the family are mostly trees and lianas , shrubs and more rarely herbaceous plants. As climber plants, they are twine climbers or tendril climbers, and rarely...
, native to central and eastern Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
, with most of the species growing at high altitudes in the Himalaya and Tibet
Tibet
Tibet is a plateau region in Asia, north-east of the Himalayas. It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people as well as some other ethnic groups such as Monpas, Qiang, and Lhobas, and is now also inhabited by considerable numbers of Han and Hui people...
. The most familiar species is Incarvillea delavayi, a garden plant commonly known as "hardy gloxinia" or "Chinese trumpet flower". Unlike most other members of Bignoniaceae, which are usually trees or lianas, species of Incarvillea are stemless perennial herbs with fleshy tuberous roots.
Incarvillea is named after the french jesuit, Pierre Nicholas Le Chéron d'Incarville.
Selected species
- Incarvillea altissima
- Incarvillea arguta
- Incarvillea beresowskii
- Incarvillea compacta
- Incarvillea delavayi
- Incarvillea dissectifoliola
- Incarvillea emodi
- Incarvillea forrestii
- Incarvillea lutea
- Incarvillea mairei
- Incarvillea olgae
- Incarvillea potaninii
- Incarvillea sinensis (syn. I. variabilis)
- Incarvillea younghusbandii
- Incarvillea zhongdianensis