Thibaudia

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Thibaudia (named for Thiebaud de Berneaud, a French botanist). Ericaceae. Shrubs with the st. sometimes tall-climbing: lvs. alternate, persistent and leathery: fls. in numerous many-fld. axillary racemes, scarlet; calyx 5-lobed or 5-toothed; corolla, tubular, contracted at the mouth, 5-lobed; stamens 10; ovary 5-celled: berry small, globose, 5-celled. About 20 species, Trop. Amer. Probably none of the true Thibaudias is common in cult., although the two following species have been grown. T. floribunda, HBK., with grayish branches, oblong-lanceolate lvs. and glabrous fls. in solitary raceme. Peru. T. pichinchensis, Benth., growing 6-12 ft. high, with lvs. 3-4 in. long and oval-oblong or sublanceolate and the calyx scurfy-tomentose. Ecuador. T. acuminata, Wall., is correctly Corallobotrys acuminata, Hook. f. (Epigynium acuminatum, Klotzsch). Shrub 2-4 ft. high: branches thick: lvs. alternate, petioled, 5 x 1 1/2 in., sometimes 10 x 2 3/4 in., lanceolate, base cuneate, glabrous: fls. red, in axillary corymbs; calyx-tube cinereous pubescent or glabrous, 5-lobed; corolla glabrous or glandular-puberulent outside, small, 5-toothed. India. B.M. 5010. T. glabra, Griff.-Agapetes glabra.—T. macrantha, Hook.-Agapetes macrantha. J.F. 1:95. R.B. 26:181.—T. pulchra, Hort., is offered in the trade as an orange-red-fld. form. This may be the same as T. pulcherrima, Wall., which equals Agapetes variegata.— T. setigera. Wall.-Agapetes setigera. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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