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Ixora finlaysoniana - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Nigeria; 5/2008 © Ralf Biechele

Ixora finlaysoniana - Developing inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Developing inflorescence; Nigeria; 5/2008 © Ralf Biechele

Ixora finlaysoniana - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Nigeria; 5/2008 © Ralf Biechele

Ixora finlaysoniana - Flowers - Click to enlarge!

Flowers; Nigeria; 5/2008 © Ralf Biechele

Ixora finlaysoniana - Upper surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper surface of leaf; Nigeria; 5/2008 © Ralf Biechele

Ixora finlaysoniana - Lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Lower surface of leaf; Nigeria; 5/2008 © Ralf Biechele

Ixora finlaysoniana - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Nigeria; 5/2008 © Ralf Biechele

Dataset

Identifier: 1619
Date of entry: 02.03.2011
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Fragrant ixora

Mandarin: 薄叶龙船花 (bao ye long chuan hua)

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Gentianales (113)

        Family: Rubiaceae (62)(family description)

          Genus: Ixora (3)

            Epithet: finlaysoniana Wall. ex G.Don (2)

finlaysoniana => in honor of George Finlayson, a British surgeon and traveller (1790-1823)

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habit: shrub, arborescent

Flower colour: white

External links

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