Re James: yellow allamanda

[Susan J. Meades]

Re: Family Names, to James <jetfighter at worldnet.att.net> wrote in article
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> Does anyone out there know the Family Name for Cypress Vine, Spomoea
> quamoclit and Yellow Allamanda, Cathartica hendsoni? Thanks in advance..
>The species name for yellow allamanda is Allamanda cathartica L. and 
there is a var. herdersonii Raffill (=Allamanda hendersonii Bull).  It is 
in the Apocynaceae (Dogbane Family).  L.H. Bailey's Manual of Cultivated 
Plants (1969, Macmillan Co., NY) says the plant was introduced (to the 
horticultural world) by Henderson & Co. of England.  It is native to 
Brazil.  Bailey's book is a great reference for botanists and 
horticulturists alike.

Sue Meades
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