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

Iochroma cyaneum

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

SpeciesLinks to mapsFZ divisionsContent
cyaneum (Lindl.) M.L. GreenCDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Iochroma:

Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Iochroma page
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Iochroma
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Iochroma
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Iochroma
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Iochroma
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Iochroma

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, 2002-13

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. & Ballings, P. (2013). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Iochroma.
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1584, retrieved 23 May 2013

Site software last modified: 10 June 2012 10:08pm (GMT +2)
Terms of use