Details for: Ames 17793, Cuphea ignea A. DC., WR-AC 3514

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Cuphea ignea A. DC.

Top Name:

WR-AC 3514

Origin:

Collected – Oaxaca, Mexico

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

30 Sep 1991

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Availability

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North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Cuphea ignea A. DC.

Top Name:

WR-AC 3514

Origin:

Collected – Oaxaca, Mexico

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

30 Sep 1991

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Source History

Collected

15 September 1991.
Oaxaca, Mexico
Locality: 16 km SW Totontepec on road from Mitla to Zacatepec. Extends from site to between Totontepec and Zacatapec.
Coordinates: 17.1500, -96.0500 (Map it)
Elevation: 1968m.
Environment description: Roadside ditch among rocks and gravel mixed with clay and sand. Edge of rain forest.
Comment: Very large scattered population.
Collector(s):

Donated

30 September 1991.
Iowa, United States

Donor(s):

Roath, William W., USDA, ARS

Accession Names and Identifiers

WR-AC 3514

Type: Collector identifier

Roath and Campos 1991 collection trip.

Ames 17793

Type: Site identifier

Group: AMES

North Central Reg., Plt. Intro. Stn.

USDA ARS NCRPIS

WWR 0991

Type: Exploration identifier

Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS

Exploration ID links

Narrative

Cuphea ignea A. DC.

Genus:

Cuphea

Family:

Lythraceae

Nomen number:

12633

Place of publication:

Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 5: t. 500c. 1849

Verified:

05/12/2012 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cuphea platycentra Lem.

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	cigar-flower	1	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
English	cigar-flower-plant	1	McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
English	firecracker-bush	1	Llamas, K. A. 2003. Tropical flowering plants: a guide to identification and cultivation
English	firecracker-plant	1	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
English	Mexican cigarplant	1	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1341.
German	Zigarettenblümchen	2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1341.
Portuguese (Brazil)	chispa	2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)	cigarro-aceso	2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)	cúfea	2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)	flor-de-Santo-Antônio	2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Swedish	cigarettglöd	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

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