Ceratostigma - Revision history

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 Ceratostigma (Greek, horned stigma). Plumbaginaceae. Diffuse glabrous perennial herbs or sub-shrubs, one of which is in cultivation as a bedding and border plant.
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 Ceratostigma differs from Plumbago in having no glands on the calyx, stamens adnate to the corolla tube, fls. in dense clusters rather than spicate, and other technical characters: lvs. alternate, lanceolate or obovate, more or less ciliate: fls. mostly in terminal heads, blue or rose; calyx tubular, deeply 5-parted, the lobes narrow; corolla salver-shaped, the tube long and slender, the limb spreading and with 5 obovate obtuse or retuse lobes; stamens 5, attached on the corolla tube: fr. a 5-valved caps, inclosed in the calyx. — Species 4 or 5, in N. China, Himalayas, Abyssinia.
-Under the name C. Polhilli, a dwarf and creeping shrub, with delicate lavender fls.; is mentioned in British journals as coming from high elevations in W. China and giving promise as an outdoor subject.L. H. B.
+Under the name C. Polhilli, a dwarf and creeping shrub, with delicate lavender fls.; is mentioned in British journals as coming from high elevations in W. China and giving promise as an outdoor subject.{{SCH}}
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-'''''Ceratostigma''''' ('''Leadwort''') (from the Greek word "Κερατόστιγμα") is a genus of eight species of [[flowering plant]]s in the family [[Plumbaginaceae]], native to warm temperate to tropical regions of [[Africa]] and [[Asia]].
+==Cultivation==
-They are [[herbaceous]] plants, [[subshrub]]s, or small [[shrub]]s growing to 0.3-1 m tall. The [[leaf|leaves]] are spirally arranged, simple, 1-9 cm long, usually with a hairy margin. Some of the species are [[evergreen]], others [[deciduous]]. The [[flower]]s are produced in a compact [[inflorescence]], each flower with a five-lobed [[corolla]]; flower colour varies from pale to dark blue to red-purple. The [[fruit]] is a small bristly [[capsule (fruit)|capsule]] containing a single [[seed]].
+==Species==
-;Selected species
+==Gallery==
-*''[[Ceratostigma abyssinicum]]'' (Hochst.) Schwein. & Asch.
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-===Cultivation and uses===
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-''C. plumbaginoides'' is grown as an [[ornamental plant]] in gardens for its pale blue flowers and bright red autumn leaves.
+Image:Upload.png| photo 1
 ==References==
-*[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=106206 Flora of China: ''Ceratostigma'']
+*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
-*Huxley, A., ed. (1992). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening''. Macmillan.
+<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
-[[Category:Plumbaginaceae]]
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	Ceratostigma differs from Plumbago in having no glands on the calyx, stamens adnate to the corolla tube, fls. in dense clusters rather than spicate, and other technical characters: lvs. alternate, lanceolate or obovate, more or less ciliate: fls. mostly in terminal heads, blue or rose; calyx tubular, deeply 5-parted, the lobes narrow; corolla salver-shaped, the tube long and slender, the limb spreading and with 5 obovate obtuse or retuse lobes; stamens 5, attached on the corolla tube: fr. a 5-valved caps, inclosed in the calyx. — Species 4 or 5, in N. China, Himalayas, Abyssinia.		Ceratostigma differs from Plumbago in having no glands on the calyx, stamens adnate to the corolla tube, fls. in dense clusters rather than spicate, and other technical characters: lvs. alternate, lanceolate or obovate, more or less ciliate: fls. mostly in terminal heads, blue or rose; calyx tubular, deeply 5-parted, the lobes narrow; corolla salver-shaped, the tube long and slender, the limb spreading and with 5 obovate obtuse or retuse lobes; stamens 5, attached on the corolla tube: fr. a 5-valved caps, inclosed in the calyx. — Species 4 or 5, in N. China, Himalayas, Abyssinia.

			Under the name C. Polhilli, a dwarf and creeping shrub, with delicate lavender fls.; is mentioned in British journals as coming from high elevations in W. China and giving promise as an outdoor subject.L. H. B.
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			Ceratostigma (Greek, horned stigma). Plumbaginaceae. Diffuse glabrous perennial herbs or sub-shrubs, one of which is in cultivation as a bedding and border plant.

			Ceratostigma differs from Plumbago in having no glands on the calyx, stamens adnate to the corolla tube, fls. in dense clusters rather than spicate, and other technical characters: lvs. alternate, lanceolate or obovate, more or less ciliate: fls. mostly in terminal heads, blue or rose; calyx tubular, deeply 5-parted, the lobes narrow; corolla salver-shaped, the tube long and slender, the limb spreading and with 5 obovate obtuse or retuse lobes; stamens 5, attached on the corolla tube: fr. a 5-valved caps, inclosed in the calyx. — Species 4 or 5, in N. China, Himalayas, Abyssinia.

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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Ceratostigma''
| image = Ceratostigma plumbaginoides0.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Caryophyllales]]
| familia = [[Plumbaginaceae]]
| genus = '''''Ceratostigma'''''
| genus_authority = Bunge
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
}}

'''''Ceratostigma''''' ('''Leadwort''') (from the Greek word "Κερατόστιγμα") is a genus of eight species of [[flowering plant]]s in the family [[Plumbaginaceae]], native to warm temperate to tropical regions of [[Africa]] and [[Asia]].

They are [[herbaceous]] plants, [[subshrub]]s, or small [[shrub]]s growing to 0.3-1 m tall. The [[leaf|leaves]] are spirally arranged, simple, 1-9 cm long, usually with a hairy margin. Some of the species are [[evergreen]], others [[deciduous]]. The [[flower]]s are produced in a compact [[inflorescence]], each flower with a five-lobed [[corolla]]; flower colour varies from pale to dark blue to red-purple. The [[fruit]] is a small bristly [[capsule (fruit)|capsule]] containing a single [[seed]].

;Selected species
*''[[Ceratostigma abyssinicum]]'' (Hochst.) Schwein. & Asch.
*''[[Ceratostigma griffithii]]'' C.B.Clarke
*''[[Ceratostigma minus]]'' Stapf ex Prain
*''[[Ceratostigma plumbaginoides]]'' Bunge
*''[[Ceratostigma ulicinum]]'' Prain
*''[[Ceratostigma willmottianum]]'' Stapf

===Cultivation and uses===
''C. plumbaginoides'' is grown as an [[ornamental plant]] in gardens for its pale blue flowers and bright red autumn leaves.

==References==
*[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=106206 Flora of China: ''Ceratostigma'']
*Huxley, A., ed. (1992). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening''. Macmillan.

[[Category:Plumbaginaceae]]
{{Caryophyllales-stub}}