Plumeria rubra L.

English: Frangipani

Mandarin: 红鸡蛋花 (ji dan hua)

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Gentianales (113)

        Family: Apocynaceae (37)(family description)

          Genus: Plumeria (1)

            Epithet: rubra L. (3)

Synonyms: Plumeria acuminata W.T.Aiton, Plumeria acutifolia Poir., Plumeria angustifolia A.DC., Plumeria arborea Noronha, Plumeria arborescens G.Don, Plumeria aurantia Bosse, Plumeria aurantiaca Steud., Plumeria bicolor Ruiz & Pav., Plumeria blandfordiana Lodd. ex G.Don, Plumeria carinata Ruiz & Pav., Plumeria conspicua G.Don, Plumeria gouanii D.Don, Plumeria incarnata Mill., Plumeria jamesonii Hook., Plumeria kerrii G.Don, Plumeria kunthiana Kostel., Plumeria lambertiana Lindl., Plumeria loranthifolia Müll.Arg., Plumeria lutea Ruiz & Pav., Plumeria macrophylla Lodd. ex G.Don, Plumeria megaphylla A.DC., Plumeria mexicana Lodd., Plumeria milleri G.Don, Plumeria mollis Kunth, Plumeria northiana Lodd., Plumeria purpurea Ruiz & Pav., Plumeria rubra (W.T.Aiton) Woodson, Plumeria tenorii Gasp., Plumeria tenuifolia Lodd., Plumeria tricolor Ruiz & Pav.

acuminata => long pointed

acutifolia => with pointed leaves

angustifolia => with narrow leaves

arborea => like a tree

arborescens => arboreus, like a tree

aurantiaca => orange-like, orange-coloured

bicolor => two colored

incarnata => flesh-colored

jamesonii => in honor to William Jameson (1796-1873), a Scottish-Ecuadorian botanist

kerrii => in honor of Arthur Francis George Kerr (1877–1942), an Irish medical doctor

lutea => distinct yellow, a full yellow

macrophylla => large leaved

megaphylla => large leaf

mexicana => from or of Mexico

milleri => in honor of Philip Miller (1691-1771), English botanist of Scottish descent. Chief gardener at the Chelsea Physic Garden.

mollis => soft, tender, usually meaning pubescent like velvet

purpurea => purple

rubra => red in a general sense

tenuifolia => slender-leaved, fine-leaved

tricolor => three-coloured

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: tree

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• [1495] Plumeria rubra - Flora of China @ efloras.org