Pandorea

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Pandorea

Description

Lianas, only exceptionally (in arid countries) erect. Leaves (l-)2-4(-7)-jugate; Stamens didynamous, almost always inserted; Ovary elongate, each cell with 2 placentas and many ovules. Capsule stipitate, ± beaked, rather thick, terete or ± flattened; Seeds many, roundish, thin-winged.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Lesser Sunda Is. present; Maluku (Maluku present); New Guinea present, Australasia: Tasmania (Tasmania present), Bougainville present, Central, N. & E. Australia present, East Malesia present, Flores present, Lombok present, Lord Howe I present, New Britain present, New Caledonia present, Solomons present, Timor present
Six spp., Central, N. & E. Australia, Tasmania, Lord Howe I., New Caledonia, Solomons (Bougainville), and East Malesia: New Guinea (New Britain included), Moluccas, and the Lesser Sunda Islands (Lombok, Flores, Timor). .

Citation

STEEN. 1927 – In: Nova Guinea: 301
K.SCH. 1894 – In: E. & P., Nat. Pfl. Fam. 4: 230
SPACH 1927: Thesis: 294
SPACH 1929 – In: Proc. R. Soc. Queensl.: 43
SPACH 1864: Mon.: 49
DC. 1845 – In: Prod.: 225