凌霄 Campsis grandiflora

  • Scientific Name: Campsis grandiflora (Thunb.) K.Schum.
  • Ref: H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3b):230. 1894
  • Synonyms:
    • Bignonia chinensis Lam.
    • B. grandiflora Thunb.
    • Campsis adrepens Lour.
    • C. chinensis (Lam.) Voss
    • Gelseminum grandiflorum (Thunb.) Kuntze
    • Incarvillea chinensis Spreng. ex DC.
    • I. grandiflora Poir.
    • Tecoma chinensis (Lam.) K.Koch
    • T. grandiflora (Thunb.) Loisel.
    • T. sinensis Spach
    • T. thunbergii Van Houtte
  • English Common Name: Chinese trumpet vine
  • Chinese Common Name: 凌霄 língxiāo, 紫葳 zǐwēi, 苕华 sháohuá
  • Japanese Common Name: ノウゼンカズラ [凌霄花] nōzenkazura
  • Family: Bignoniaceae
  • Genus: Campsis
  • Distribution: Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi, cultivated in Taiwan [India, Japan, Pakistan, Vietnam].
  • Photo: 06/11/2019, Hangzhou, Zhejiang
Stems woody. Leaf rachis 4-13 cm; leaflets 7-9; petiolules 5(-10) mm; blade ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 3-6(-9) X 1.5-3(-5) cm, glabrous, base broadly cuneate, margin serrate, apex caudate-acuminate; lateral veins 6 or 7 on each side ofmidrib. Inflorescences short paniculate, terminal; peduncle 15-20 cm. Calyx campanulate, ca. 3 cm, divided halfway; lobes lanceolate, ca. 1.5 cm. Corolla red adaxially, orange-red abaxially, ca. 5 cm; lobes semirounded. Stamens inserted at base of corolla tube; filaments linear, 2-2.5 cm; anthers divergent, yellow. Style linear, ca. 3 cm; stigma compressed, 2-lobed. Capsule apex obtuse. Fl. May-Aug. 2n = 36, 38, 40. (Flora of China)

06/27/2017, Hangzhou, Zhejiang


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