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Accession Data:

Phyllarthron bernierianum Seem.

  • Common Name:
  • Family: Bignoniaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: S. Madagascar
  • Habitat: Dry woodlands, often near the coast, nearly always on sandy soils

  • Description: This species, from the dry southwestern forests of Madagascar, has a flattened, photosynthetic rachis (or phyllode), having lost the leaflets from its otherwise compound leaf as an adaptation to the dry environment.

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201800074
  • Source: Dylan Hannon HBG 77294
  • Provenance:
    COLL: Madagascar; Ranobe, North of Toliara. 
    

    Additional provenance data on file but suppressed from public display.

  • Accession Date: 09-19-2018
  • Bench: 1120 - AFR:West Bench SS
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 3 confirmed on 04-07-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: euasterid I
  • Order: Lamiales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Bignoniaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe: Coleeae
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019

References (internal):

  • Phyllode
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Madagascar

References (external):

  1. Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. Last accessed Thursday, September 20, 2018.
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Sunday, September 23, 2018.

data regenerated on Mon, 07 Apr 2025 08:27:08 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Phyllarthron bernierianum

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Current Accessions in the Bignoniaceae

Subfamily
Tribe Bignonieae

  • Adenocalymma comosum
  • Bignonia magnifica
  • Clytostoma callistegioides
  • Dolichandra unguis-cati
  • Pyrostegia venusta

Subfamily
Tribe Coleeae

  • Phyllarthron bernierianum W/C

Subfamily
Tribe Crescentieae

  • Crescentia cujete

Subfamily
Tribe Tecomeae

  • Pandorea jasminoides
  • Podranea ricasoliana
  • Spathodea campanulata
  • Tecoma capensis
  • Tecoma stans
  • Tecomanthe dendrophila
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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