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Brunfelsia pauciflora

Yesterday-today-tomorrow

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Yesterday-today-tomorrow, Brunfelsia, Kiss-me-quick; German Brunfelsie

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Brazil

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Not naturalised; S.Group - uncommon, N.Group - absent; Land, lowlands, gardens

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Ornamental flowers

KEY FEATURES: Shrub to 2m. LEAVES alternate, oval to narrow-oval to 15cm. FLOWERS 1-10, tube 4cm and face 3-7cmØ with 5 petals; purple (with white centre) fading to white. Easily confused with a couple of other species.

SIMILAR SPECIES: Although not presently recorded in Cook Islands these might be present. Brunfelsia latifolia flowers with tube 2cm and face 3cmØ (vs 4cm and 3-7cmØ), pale purple with white centre (vs purple with white). Brunfelsia uniflora short to 50cm (vs 200cm); flowers tube 3cm and face 3cmØ (vs 4cm tube and 3-7cmØ), blue-purple with yellow throat (vs purple with white centre).

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea: -
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
++	+	-	-	-		-		-

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
-	-	-	-	-

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Brunfelsia pauciflora (Chamisso & Schlechtend)
SYNONYMS: Brunfelsia calycina [incl. GW]

TAXONOMY: PLANTAE; ANTHOPHYTA (=Angiospermae); MAGNOLIOPSIDA (=Dicotyledones); ASTERIDAE; Solanales; SOLANACEAE

More Information

IDENTIFICATION: Bushy shrub to 2m. LEAVES alternate, oval to narrow-oval, to 15cm, tip acute. FLOWERS throughout year; terminal clusters of 1-10; each tube to 4cm, and face 3-7cmØ with 5 round petals, violet (with white centre) fading over 3 days to white; not fragrant.

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
None Recorded.

References:
p.753 Neal - In Gardens of Hawaii
p.185 Hortus 3rd
p.171 Royal Hort. Soc. Index of Garden Plants
p.890 Tropica
p.5/040? A.C.Smith - Flora Vitiensis Nova
p.95 Wilder - Flora of Rarotonga

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zupM03a, zD02

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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