Galphimia Platyphylla
''Galphimia'' is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales; the name is an anagram of ''Malpighia.'' ''Galphimia'' comprises 26 species of large herbs, shrubs, and treelets. Twenty-two species occur in Mexico, one ('' G. angustifolia'') extending into Texas and one ('' G. speciosa'') ranging to Nicaragua; four species ('' G. amambayensis'', '' G. australis'', '' G. brasiliensis'', '' G. platyphylla'') occur in South America, south of the Amazon Basin. ''Galphimia gracilis'' is widely cultivated in warm regions throughout the world (but often confused with '' G. glauca'' and also '' G. brasiliensis''). Eight species (of Mexico and Central America) are distinctive in that the petals become stiff and papery, and persist past the stage of fruit maturation. ''Galphimia'' is sometimes confused with ''Thryallis'', a different genus of Malpighiaceae that occurs in Brazil and adjacent Paraguay and Bolivia. At one t ...
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Galphimia Gracilis
''Galphimia gracilis'', a species in the genus '' Galphimia'' of the family Malpighiaceae, is native to eastern Mexico. It is widely cultivated in warm regions throughout the world, often under the common names gold shower or shower-of-gold, slender goldshower or sometimes thryallis. In horticultural publications, in the nursery trade, and on websites, this species is commonly but mistakenly referred to as '' Galphimia glauca'', '' Galphimia brasiliensis'', ''Thryallis glauca'', ''Thryallis gracilis'', or often in South America, ''Thryallis brasiliensis''. ''Galphimia gracilis'' is easily told apart from the true ''G. glauca'' and ''G. brasiliensis'' by the flowers. In ''G. gracilis'' the petals fall as the fruit matures; in ''G. glauca'' the petals are persistent even in fruit. In ''G. gracilis'' many flowers of a dense inflorescence An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a Plant stem, stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangem ...
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