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Cuphea ignea - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Ilha de São Miguel, Açores, Portugal; 4/2007 © Jörn Germer

Cuphea ignea - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Ilha de São Miguel, Açores, Portugal; 4/2007 © Jörn Germer

Cuphea ignea - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Ilha de São Miguel, Açores, Portugal; 4/2007 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 960
Date of entry: 22.10.2008
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Cigar Flower

German: Zigarettenblümchen

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Myrtales (80)

        Family: Lythraceae (12)(family description)

          Genus: Cuphea (2)

            Epithet: ignea A. DC. (1)

ignea => fiery-red

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: red

External links

Check for Cuphea ignea at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI
  • [1043] Cuphea ignea - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)

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