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Details for: TARS 6936,
Ixora coccinea
L., Maltese Cross
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Ixora coccinea
L.
Top Name:
Maltese Cross
Origin:
–
Maintained:
Tropical Agriculture Research Station
Received by NPGS:
10 Nov 1941
Life Form:
Shrub
Life Habit:
Shrub
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1 count
TARS 6936 PL
Distributed as: Cuttings/Seeds, Available: Year-round
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Ixora coccinea
L.
Top Name:
Maltese Cross
Origin:
–
Maintained:
Tropical Agriculture Research Station
Received by NPGS:
10 Nov 1941
Life Form:
Shrub
Life Habit:
Shrub
Source History
Accession Names and Identifiers
Maltese Cross
Type: Local name
Group: MISC.TARS
Narrative
Ixora coccinea
L.
Genus:
Ixora
Family:
Rubiaceae
Subfamily:
Dialypetalanthoideae
Tribe:
Ixoreae
Nomen number:
20580
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:110. 1753
Typification:
View in Linnean Typification Project
Verified:
11/06/1985
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Ixora bandhuca
Roxb.
Ixora fraseri
hort. ex Gentil
Ixora incarnata
(Blume) DC.
Ixora lutea
Hutch.
Common names
Language
Name
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note
seq
Citation
English
flame-of-the-woods
1
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
English
jungle-geranium
1
Girija, T. & Tabish.
Flowers of India (on-line resource).
India
rugmini
2
Girija, T. & Tabish.
Flowers of India (on-line resource).
Swedish
eldboll
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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