7382.000 Iochroma Benth.

Bailey, L.H. (1949) Manual of Cultivated Plants Revised edition. Macmillan, New York.

Description of the genus

Shrubs or small trees. Calyx 5-toothed, enlarging and enclosing the fruit. Corolla long-tubular with short lobes. Anther not connivent around the style. Fruit a berry.

Derivation of name: From the Greek, meaning 'violet-coloured'

Worldwide: 15 species in tropical S America

Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon.

Iochroma cyaneum

Links to cultivated taxa    View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus

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cyaneum (Lindl.) M.L. GreenDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Iochroma:

Our websites:

Flora of Malawi: cultivated Iochroma
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Iochroma
Flora of Zambia: cultivated Iochroma
Flora of Zimbabwe: Iochroma

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Iochroma
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Iochroma
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Iochroma
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Iochroma
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Iochroma
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Iochroma
JSTOR Plant Science: Iochroma
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Iochroma
Plants of the World Online: Iochroma
Tropicos: Iochroma
Wikipedia: Iochroma

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants: genus page: Iochroma.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/cult/genus.php?genus_id=1584, retrieved 29 March 2024

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