''Pandorea'' is a genus of nine species of flowering plants in the family

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and is native to Australia,

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, New Guinea and New Caledonia. Plants in the genus ''Pandorea'' are mostly woody climbers with

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leaves arranged in opposite pairs, flowers in groups with tube-shaped flowers, and winged seeds.

Description

Plants in the genus ''Pandorea'' are woody, evergreen climbers, rarely shrubs and have imparipinnate leaves arranged in opposite pairs and do not possess

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s. The flowers are arranged on the ends of the stems or in upper leaf axils, sometimes appearing as racemes, each flower on a

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. The five

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s are fused at the base forming a bell-shaped or cup-shaped tube with short lobes. The five petals are joined at the base with two "lips" and there are two pairs of two stamens. The fruit is a capsule containing many flat, winged seeds.

Taxonomy

In 1838, Stephan Endlicher described the genus ''Pandorea'', initially as a

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of the genus '' Tecoma'', in

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's monograph ''Histoire Naturelle des Vegetaux. Phanerogames''. The genus name is a reference to Pandora of

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who opened a jar (

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) releasing all the evils of humanity, alluding to the many-seeded capsules produced by species of ''Pandorea''.

Species list

The following is a list of ''Pandorea'' species accepted by Plants of the World Online as of October 2021: * '' Pandorea baileyana'' (

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& R.T.Baker) Steenis – large-leaved wonga vine ( Qld., N.S.W.) * '' Pandorea doratoxylon'' ( J.M.Black) J.M.Black (Qld., N.S.W.) * '' Pandorea floribunda'' (

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ex DC.) Guymer (Qld., N.S.W.) * '' Pandorea jasminoides'' (

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)

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– bower of beauty, bower vine, bower climber (Qld., N.S.W.) * '' Pandorea linearis'' (

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) Guymer (Qld.) * '' Pandorea montana'' (

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) Steenis (New Guinea) * '' Pandorea nervosa'' Steenis (Qld.) * '' Pandorea pandorana'' ( Andrews) Steenis – wonga wonga vine ( Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku, New Caledonia, New Guinea, N.S.W., Norfolk Island, N.T., Qld.,

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, Tas.,

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, Vic.) ** ''Pandorea pandorana'' subsp. ''austrocaledonica'' (

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) P.S.Green (New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, Vanuatu) ** ''Pandorea pandorana'' subsp. ''pandorana'' (

) P.S.Green (Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku, New Guinea, N.S.W., N.T., Qld., Solomon Islands, Tas., Vic.) * '' Pandorea stenantha'' Diels (New Guinea)

References

External links

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