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Pseuderanthemum carruthersii cvs.

Pseuderanthemum

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Pseuderanthemum, Eldorado, El Dorado [literally, "golden one"], Purple Pseuderanthemum

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Tiare Vaehau [purple form] (MH)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE New Caledonia - Vanuatu

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

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Ornamental Leaf-H and flower

KEY FEATURES: Erect shrub to 3m, common in hedges. LEAVES opposite, oval, to 20x10cm; dark purple to purple-green with/without pink blotches, or green and pale green with cream sections, or green with yellow veins. FLOWERS terminal clusters, narrow tube to 12mm; 25mmm Ø; flat-face of 5 lobes with 2 fused together; lobes white to pink, with magenta spots.

SIMILAR SPECIES: See under Graptophyllum pictum.

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Cook Islands Distribution

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

Northern Group: Present
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

Pseuderanthemum carruthersii cvs. (Seemann)
SYNONYMS: Eranthemum carruthersii; Eranthemum atropurpureum [dark purple]; Pseuderanthemum atropurpureum [dark purple]; Pseuderanthemum carruthersii var. carruthersii [dark purple]; Pseuderanthemum reticulatum [yellow veins]; Pseuderanthemum carruthersii var. reticulatum [yellow veins]

TAXONOMY: PLANTAE; ANTHOPHYTA (=Angiospermae); MAGNOLIOPSIDA (=Dicotyledones); ASTERIDAE; Scrophulariales; ACANTHACEAE

More Information

IDENTIFICATION: Erect shrub to 3m with variable leaves, common in hedges. LEAVES opposite, oval, to 20x10cm; dark purple to purple-green with/without pink blotches, or green and pale green with cream sections, or green with yellow veins. FLOWERS terminal clusters, narrow tube to 12mm; 25mmØ; flat-face of 5 lobes with 2 fused together; lobes white to pink, with dark magenta spots.

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
None Recorded.

References:
p.787 Neal - In Gardens of Hawaii
p.922 Hortus 3rd
p.946 Royal Hort. Soc. Index of Garden Plants
p.37 Tropica
p.5/134 A.C.Smith - Flora Vitiensis Nova
p.99 R Wilder - Flora of Rarotonga

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zupB03a, zM02, zupM03a, zupD03a

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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