Pandorea jasminoides
{{Short description|Species of vine}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=December 2011}}
{{Speciesbox
|name = Bower of beauty
|image = 2007 pandorea jasminoides 3.jpg
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|genus = Pandorea
|species = jasminoides
|authority = (G.Don) K.Schum.{{cite web|title=Pandorea jasminoides|url= https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/91048|publisher=Australian Plant Census|access-date=16 October 2021}}
|synonyms =
- Pandorea jasminoides var. alba Rehder
- Pandorea jasminoides (G.Don) K.Schum. var. jasminoides
- Tecoma jasminoides G.Don
- Tecoma jasminoides Lindl. nom. illeg.
}}
Pandorea jasminoides, also known by the common names bower of beauty{{cite web | url = https://www.anbg.gov.au/gnp/interns-2014/pandorea-jasminoides.html | title = Growing native plants: Pandorea jasminoides | publisher = Australian National Botanic Gardens |access-date=17 April 2018}} and bower vine,{{cite web |last1=Quirico |first1=Anna-Louise |title=Pandorea jasminoides |url=https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Pandorea~jasminoides |publisher=Royal Botanic Garden Sydney |access-date=16 October 2021}} is a species of flowering plant in the family Bignoniaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a woody climber with pinnate leaves that have three to nine egg-shaped leaflets and white or pink trumpet-shaped flowers that are red and hairy inside. It is also grown as an ornamental.
Description
Pandorea jasminoides is a woody climber with dark brown bark and glabrous stems. The leaves are mainly arranged in opposite pairs along the stems or sometimes in whorls of three, and are {{cvt|120–170|mm}} long and pinnate with three to nine leaflets. The leaflets are egg-shaped to more or less lance-shaped, {{cvt|45–60|mm}} long and {{cvt|15–30|mm}} wide. The leaves are on a petiole {{cvt|20–40|mm}} long, the lateral leaflets on petiolules {{cvt|2–4|mm}} long and the end leaflet on a petiolule {{cvt|5–30|mm}} long.{{cite web |author1=F.A.Zich |author2=B.P.M.Hyland |author3=T.Whiffen |author4=R.A.Kerrigan |author2-link=Bernard Hyland |year=2020 |url=https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/pandorea_jasminoides.htm |title=Pandorea jasminoides |website=Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8) |publisher=Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government |access-date=16 October 2021}}
The flowers are borne on the ends of stems or in upper leaf axils in groups {{cvt|60–120|mm}} long. The five sepals are fused at the base forming a cup-shaped tube {{cvt|5–8|mm}} long with lobes {{cvt|1–2|mm}} long. The five petals are fused at the base forming a trumpet shape that is white or pink on the outside and pink to red and hairy inside, the tube {{cvt|40–60|mm}} long with lobes {{cvt|20–30|mm}} long. The four stamens are enclosed in the petal tube. Flowering occurs from September to March and the fruit is an oblong or oval capsule {{cvt|40–60|mm}} long and {{cvt|10–20|mm}} wide containing winged seeds.{{cite book |editor-last1=Cheers |editor-first1=Gordon |title=Botanica |date=2010 |publisher=hf Ullmann |location=Konigswinter, Germany |isbn=9783833150180 |page=634}}
Taxonomy
Bower of beauty was first formally described in 1837 by George Don, who gave it the name Tecoma jasminoides in his book, A General History of Dichlamydeous Plants.{{cite web|title=Tecoma jasminoides|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/500034 |publisher=APNI|access-date=16 October 2021}}{{cite book |last1=Don |first1=George |title=A General History of Dichlamydeous Plants |date=1837 |publisher=J.G & F. Rivington |location=London |page=225 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/9906#page/234/mode/1up |access-date=16 October 2021}} In 1894, Karl Moritz Schumann changed the name to Pandorea jasminoides in Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien.{{cite web|title=Pandorea jasminoides|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/512961 |publisher=APNI|access-date=16 October 2021}}
Distribution and habitat
Pandorea jasminoides grows in rainforest from central eastern Queensland to the Hastings River in New South Wales with isolated occurrences further south in Kangaroo Valley and as far north as Mount Lewis National Park in far northern Queensland.
Use in horticulture
This climber can be propagated from seed, stem cuttings or by layering. Its vigorous growth makes it suitable for screening or climbing on pergolas and trellises, however it should not be planted near sewer pipes. The species has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.{{cite web |url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/90149/i-Pandorea-jasminoides-i/Details|title = RHS Plantfinder - Pandorea jasminoides| access-date = 18 April 2018}}{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/agm-lists/agm-ornamentals.pdf |title = AGM Plants - Ornamental |date = July 2017 |page=71|publisher = Royal Horticultural Society | access-date = 17 April 2018}}
Pandorea 'Lady Di', a cultivar with snow white, trumpet flowers is also a vigorous climber.{{cite web |title=Pandorea jasminoides 'Lady Di' |url=http://plantselector.botanicgardens.sa.gov.au/Plants/Details/1099 |publisher=Botanic Gardens of South Australia |access-date=16 October 2021}}
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Category:Lamiales of Australia
Category:Flora of New South Wales
Category:Garden plants of Australia