View source for Plumbago ← Plumbago You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Plumbago |accepted_authority=Linnaeus |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Sp. Pl. |place=1: 151. 1753 |year=1753 }}, {{Treatment/Publication |title=Gen. Pl. ed. |place=5, 75. 1754 |year=1754 }} |common_names=Leadwort |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Plumbaginaceae;Plumbago |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Plumbaginaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Plumbago]]</div></div> |etymology=Latin plumbago, a leadlike ore, alluding to historical use as a cure for lead poisoning |volume=Volume 5 |mention_page=page 602, 603 |treatment_page=page 610 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism growth form;whole_organism duration;whole_organism growth form;whole_organism duration;whole_organism growth form;whole_organism growth form"><b>Plants </b>perennial shrubs or suffrutescent herbs;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="">roots not known.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stem orientation;stem growth form;stem growth form;stem growth form;stem growth form;stem architecture or shape"><b>Stems </b>erect, prostrate, or climbing, ribbed.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf position;leaf architecture;leaf architecture"><b>Leaves </b>cauline, sessile or short-petiolate (petiole usually less than 1.5 cm);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="blade shape;base shape;margin architecture or shape;apex shape;apex shape;apex shape;apex shape;apex shape;apex texture">blade elliptic to oblanceolate or spatulate, base narrowed, margins entire, apex acute, acuminate, or obtuse, membranaceous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="terminal or axillary raceme shape;terminal or axillary panicle shape"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal or axillary spikelike racemes or panicles.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="pedicel architecture;pedicel height or length or size"><b>Pedicels </b>2-bracteolate, short.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="flower architecture;flower architecture"><b>Flowers </b>sometimes heterostylous, short-pedicellate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="bract presence">bracts absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="calyx duration;calyx architecture or shape;calyx shape;capitate-glandular protuberance architecture">calyx persistent, 5-ribbed, tubular, with stalked, capitate-glandular protuberances along ribs;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="lobe shape;lobe some measurement">lobes triangular, 1–2 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="corolla shape;corolla shape;corolla shape;corolla shape;corolla shape;corolla shape;corolla shape;lobe shape;lobe orientation">corolla salverform, evenly to somewhat unevenly 5-lobed, lobes spreading, obovate, round, or truncate, mucronate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="stamen position;stamen position;stamen fusion">stamens included or exserted, free from corolla;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="style quantity;style position;style position">style 1 included or exserted;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="stigma quantity;stigma arrangement or course or shape">stigmas 5, linear.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="fruits capsule position;fruits capsule coloration;fruits capsule architecture or shape"><b>Fruits </b>capsules, included, brownish, long-beaked;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="">valves coherent at apex.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="valve fusion;x chromosome quantity">x = 7.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Tropical and subtropical regions;North America;Central America;South America;Europe;Asia;Africa |discussion=<p>species 12 (2 in the flora)</p><!-- --><p>Several species of Plumbago are cultivated, including P. auriculata. The entire plant of that species, especially the root, contains plumbagin, a toxic naphthoquinone derivative (oil of plumbago), which may cause severe skin irritation or blistering in humans and may also be toxic to other animals (T. C. Fuller and E. McClintock 1986).</p><!-- --><p>The remarkable glands on the calyces of Plumbago are often called “glandular hairs,” but they are not true hairs, being much more massive and multicellular structures with enlarged, capitate apices.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Corollas pale blue, tube 2 or more times length of calyx; calyces with stipitate, glandlike protuberances and hairs; inflorescences compact, 2.5-3(-5) cm; plants cultivated and locally naturalized in Florida |[[Plumbago auriculata|Plumbago auriculata]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Corollas white, tube mostly less than 2 times length of calyx; calyces with stipitate, glandlike protuberances, true hairs absent; inflorescences elongate, 3-15(-30) cm; plants native |[[Plumbago zeylanica|Plumbago zeylanica]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Plumbago |author=Alan R. Smith |authority=Linnaeus |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Plumbaginaceae |distribution=Tropical and subtropical regions;North America;Central America;South America;Europe;Asia;Africa |reference=None |publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed. |publication year=1753;1754 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V5/V5_1242.xml |genus=Plumbago |apex shape=obtuse;acuminate;obtuse;acuminate;acute |apex texture=membranaceous |base shape=narrowed |blade shape=elliptic;oblanceolate or spatulate |bract presence=absent |calyx architecture or shape=5-ribbed |calyx duration=persistent |calyx shape=tubular |capitate-glandular protuberance architecture=stalked |corolla shape=mucronate;truncate;round;truncate;round;obovate;salverform |flower architecture=short-pedicellate;heterostylous |fruits capsule architecture or shape=long-beaked |fruits capsule coloration=brownish |fruits capsule position=included |leaf architecture=short-petiolate;sessile |leaf position=cauline |lobe orientation=spreading |lobe shape=5-lobed;triangular |lobe some measurement=1mm;2mm |margin architecture or shape=entire |pedicel architecture=2-bracteolate |pedicel height or length or size=short |stamen fusion=free |stamen position=exserted;included |stem architecture or shape=ribbed |stem growth form=climbing;prostrate;climbing;prostrate |stem orientation=erect |stigma arrangement or course or shape=linear |stigma quantity=5 |style position=exserted;included |style quantity=1 |terminal or axillary panicle shape=spikelike |terminal or axillary raceme shape=spikelike |valve fusion=coherent |whole_organism duration=perennial;perennial |whole_organism growth form=herb;suffrutescent;shrub;plant |x chromosome quantity=7 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Plumbaginaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Plumbaginaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Plumbago.