Radermachera

Radermachera
Radermachera sinica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Bignoniaceae
Clade:
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Genus:	Radermachera Zoll. & Moritzi[1]
Species
See text
Synonyms[1]
Lagaropyxis Miq.

Radermachera peninsularis Steenis

Radermachera is a genus of about 17 species of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae, native to southeastern Asia. They are evergreen trees reaching 5–40 m tall, with bipinnate or tripinnate leaves, and panicles of large bell-shaped, white, pink, pale purple or yellow flowers 5–7 cm diameter.

The genus is named after Jacob Cornelis Matthieu Radermacher, the 18th century Dutch naturalist who cataloged much of the flora of Java and Sumatra.

Species[]

As of July 2020, Plants of the World Online recognises 17 accepted species:^[1]

• Dop
• Merr.
• Dop
• Chun & F.C.How
• (Blume) Miq.
• (Blume) Miq.
• Merr.
• Steenis
• C.Y.Wu & W.C.Yin
• Steenis
• Hemsl.
• (Blanco) Seem.
• Radermachera ramiflora Steenis
• Radermachera sinica (Hance) Hemsl.
• Steenis
• Radermachera xylocarpa (Roxb.) Roxb. ex K.Schum.
• C.Y.Wu & W.C.Yin

Cultivation and uses[]

Radermachera sinica has become a popular houseplant, grown for its decorative foliage.

Radermachera sp. 'Kunming' sold under the tradename 'Summerscent' is a fast growing, scented, trending plant in Australia. Useful as an informal screen (pruning aggressively after flowering) or a small tree if trained to a single trunk (cinture before flowering to maximise flower production and reduce crown after flowering).

References[]

• Flora of China: Radermachera
• Flora of Thailand: Radermachera species list
• Radermachera eberhardtii (Bignoniaceae), a new record for Thailand^{[permanent dead link]} Thai Forest. Bull. (Bot.) 31: 129–131. 2003 (pdf file).