Accession Data:
Nesocodon mauritianus (I.Richardson) Thulin
- Common Name: Nesocodon
- Family: Campanulaceae Juss.
- Synonym(s): Wahlenbergia mauritiana I.Richardson
- Country of Origin: Mauritius
- Description: In the 1970s a single population of N. mauritianus was found growing on a waterfall cliff side (Cascade Cinq Cents Pied). It had survived there because of consistent moisture trickling from above, and limited competition from other species. It is pollinated by the native gecko (Phelsuma ornata) which lives in the same cliffs.
Accession Data:
- Accession # 201800115
- Source: Marc H - NYBG
- Accession Date: 04-02-2019
- Bench: 3111 - EVO: Equisetum & Cycads
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 03-12-2025
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: euasterid II
- Order: Asterales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Campanulaceae
- SubFamily: Campanuloideae
- Tribe:
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Flowering Data:
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References (internal):
- EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Mauritius
References (external):
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Sunday, October 14, 2018.
- WCSP (2017). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Sunday, October 14, 2018.
- Nesocodon mauritianus at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Last accessed on Sunday, October 14, 2018.
- Nesocodon mauritianus at RBG-Kew Temperate House. Last accessed on Sunday, October 14, 2018.
- Jens M. Olesen, Nina Rønsted, Ulrik Tolderlund, Claus Cornett, Per Mølgaard, Jørn Madsen, Carl G. Jones & Carl E. Olsen, Mauritian red nectar remains a mystery, Nature volume 393, page 529 (11 June 1998). Last accessed on Sunday, October 14, 2018.
- Dennis M Hansen,* Karin Beer, and Christine B Müller, Mauritian coloured nectar no longer a mystery: a visual signal for lizard pollinators, Biol Lett. 2006 Jun 22; 2(2): 165–168. Last accessed on Sunday, October 14, 2018.
data regenerated on Wed, 12 Mar 2025 12:09:01 -0400 [bcm v4.0]
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Current Accessions in the Campanulaceae
Subfamily Campanuloideae
Subfamily Lobelioideae
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