Petunia integrifolia

Petunia integrifolia
Illustration from Edwards's Botanical Register, 1833
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Petunia
Species: P. integrifolia
Binomial name
Petunia integrifolia
(Hook.) Schinz & Thell.[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Nierembergia phoenicea D. Don
  • Nierembergia punicea Sendtn.
  • Petunia dichotoma Sendtn.
  • Petunia phoenicea D. Don ex Loudon
  • Petunia violacea Lindl.
  • Salpiglossis integrifolia Hook.
  • Stimoryne purpurea Raf.

Petunia integrifolia, also known as Petunia violacea and as the violet petunia[3] or violetflower petunia,[4] is a species of wild petunia with violet-colored blooms.[5][6] Petunia integrifolia is native to Argentina.[7] The flower is a wild (non-hybrid) variety that produces approximately 1.5 inch blooms, typically smaller and harder to cultivate than the more popular and common home garden varieties.[8][9]

In addition to P. integrifolia there are 34 other species of petunia.[10]

Taxonomy

The species was first described as Salpiglossis integrifolia by William Jackson Hooker in 1831.[11] It was transferred to the genus Petunia as P. integrifolia by Hans Schinz and Albert Thellung in 1915.[12] Petunia violacea, described by John Lindley in 1833, is now considered a synonym. Petunia inflata has sometimes been considered to be part of the P. integrifolia species, but the two have different native ranges, with P. inflata growing in more northern areas.[13]

References

  1. ↑ Nowick, Elaine (1 October 2014). Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants, Volume I: Common Names. Lincoln, NE: Lulu.com. p. 437. ISBN 978-1-60962-058-5.
  2. ↑ "Tropicos.org". Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  3. ↑ Nowick, Elaine (1 October 2014). Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants, Volume I: Common Names. Lincoln, NE: Lulu.com. p. 437. ISBN 978-1-60962-058-5.
  4. ↑ "Petunia integrifolia". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  5. ↑ ITIS on-line database (1996). "Petunia integrifolia". U.S. Geological Survey. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  6. ↑ Michelle Wishhart. "Petunia Violacea plants". Demand Media. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  7. ↑ "Heirloom Garden: What's Blooming in Autumn?". Smithsonian Gardens. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  8. ↑ Quentin Groom (2011). "Petunia integrifolia". Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  9. ↑ "Petunia (group)". Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  10. ↑ Mabberley, D.J. 1990. The Plant Book. A portable dictionary of the higher plants. Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, U.K.
  11. ↑ William Jackson Hooker (1831), "Plate 3113 and two pages of descriptive text", Curtis's botanical magazine, Volume 5 (new series) = volume 58
  12. ↑ Hans Schinz (1915), "Petunia integrifolia in Mitteilungen aus dem botanischen Museum der Universität Zürich (LXXI.)", Vierteljahrsschrift der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zürich 60, p. 361
  13. ↑ Ando, T.; Ishikawa, N.; Watanabe, H.; Kokubun, H.; Yanagisawa, Y.; Hashimoto, G.; Marchesi, E.; Suárez, E. (2005), "A Morphological Study of the Petunia integrifolia Complex (Solanaceae)", Annals of Botany 96 (5): 887–900, doi:10.1093/aob/mci241

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