Fabiana imbricata

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Common Names

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Description

Family Solanaceae

Herbs, shrubs , small trees , or climbers . Stems sometimes prickly, rarely thorny; hairs simple , branched, or stellate , sometimes glandular . Leaves alternate, solitary or paired , simple or pinnately compound , without stipules; leaf blade entire , dentate , lobed , or divided . Inflorescences terminal , overtopped by continuing axes, appearing axillary , extra-axillary , or leaf opposed, often apparently umbellate , racemose, paniculate , clustered, or solitary flowers, rarely true cymes, sometimes bracteate . Flowers mostly bisexual , usually regular, 5-merous, rarely 4- or 6-9-merous. Calyx mostly lobed. Petals united . Stamens as many as corolla lobes and alternate with them, inserted within corolla, all alike or 1 or more reduced; anthers dehiscing longitudinally or by apical pores . Ovary 2-5-locular; placentation mostly axile ; ovules usually numerous . Style 1. Fruiting calyx often becoming enlarged, mostly persistent . Fruit a berry or capsule. Seeds with copious endosperm; embryo mostly curved .

About 95 genera with 2300 species: best represented in western tropical America, widespread in temperate and tropical regions ; 20 genera (ten introduced ) and 101 species in China.

Some species of Solanaceae are known in China only by plants cultivated in ornamental or specialty gardens: Atropa belladonna Linnaeus, Cyphomandra betacea (Cavanilles) Sendtner, Brugmansia suaveolens (Willdenow) Berchtold & Presl, Nicotiana alata Link & Otto, and Solanum jasminoides Paxton.Zhi-Yun Zhang, Anmin Lu & William G. D'Arcy "Solanaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 300. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.

Physical Description

Biology

Growth

Culture: Space 24-36" apart.

Soil: Minimum pH: 4.5 • Maximum pH: .1

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .

Moisture: Drought Tolerance: High

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11. (map)

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Fabiana imbricata Ruiz & Pav.
2. Fabiana imbricata Ruiz & Pavon

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000

Place of publication : Syst. veg. fl. peruv. chil. 45. (Fl. peruv. 2:12, t. 122. 1799) 1798

Name verified on 06-Nov-1985 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 17-May-2006

Similar Species

Members of the genus Fabiana

There are approximately 51 species in this genus:

F. araucana · F. barriosi · F. barrisii · F. biflora · F. bryoides · F. clarenii · F. cordifolia · F. densa · F. densa var. ramulosa · F. denudata · F. deserticola · F. ericoides · F. fiebrigii · F. foliosa · F. friesii · F. glandulosa · F. grandiflora · F. heterophylla · F. hieronymi · F. imbrica · F. imbricata (False Heath) · F. imbricata 'Alba' (False Heath) · F. imbricata 'Prostrata' · F. imbricata 'Violacea' (False Heath) · F. imbricata f. violacea · F. imbricata f. violacea dark-flowered · F. imbricata var. biflora · F. indica · F. kurtziana · F. lanuginosa · F. lutescens · F. nana · F. patagonica · F. patagonica var. brachyloba · F. patagonica var. foliosa · F. patagonica var. gracilis · F. patagonica var. nana · F. patagonica var. typica · F. peckii · F. peckii var. patagonica · F. petunioides · F. punensis · F. ramulosa · F. sellowiana · F. squamata · F. squamuligera · F. stephanii · F. thymifolia · F. violacea · F. viscosa · F. weberbaueri

Bibliography

• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
• Krüssmann, G. 1984. Handbuch de Laubgeholze, Engl. translat. (Krussmann)
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
• McGuffin, M. et al., eds. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
• Navas-Bustamante, L. E. 1973–1979. Flora de la cuenca de Santiago de Chile. (F Santiago)
• Kuang Ko-zen & Lu An-ming, eds. 1978. Solanaceae. Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 67(1): 1-175.

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Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 11, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
• MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 17, 2008.
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 28, 2008)

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 11, 2007:

• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2669859
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-505821
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13760976
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:815741-1
• GRIN Nomen Number: 16514
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 505821
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 815741-1
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: FAIM
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 39447

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