Goethea

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Goethea (Goethe, the great German poet, who was also a botanist). Malvaceae. Two Brazilian evergreen shrubs, seldom grown in hothouses. Lvs. alternate, simple, entire or nearly so: fls. showy, in cymes from the leafless sts. or sometimes solitary in the axils, subtended by large cordate red showy calyx- like bracts; calyx 5-toothed, included within the bracts; petals short; stamens united in a column, which is 5-toothed below the apex; ovary 5-cclled, each 1-ovuled. G. strictiflora, Hook. (G. cauliflora, Hort.), is a small shrub or bush with large ovate lvs. sinuate on upper half, and aggregated fls. in yellowish white red-tinged bracts; petals small, obcordate, veiny; calyx whitish or greenish, the lobes ovate-acuminate; fls. on short-peduncles that are aggregated in the axils along the st. B.M. 4677. J.F. 4:365. G. multiflora, Nichols., and G. semperflorens, Necs & Mart., belong in Pavonia. L.H.B. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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