Escallonia paniculata
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| Internal ID | UUID64401ba49faae339583704 |
| Scientific name | Escallonia paniculata |
| Authority | (Ruiz & Pav.) Roem. & Schult. |
| First published in | Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 5: 328 (1819) |
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It is an evergreen shrub or small tree that grows up to 10 meters in height. The leaves are opposite, lanceolate, and leathery, with a glossy green upper surface and a paler underside. The flowers are white or pink, and appear in dense panicles in the spring and summer. The fruit is a small capsule containing several small seeds. Escallonia paniculata is an attractive ornamental plant, and is widely cultivated in gardens and parks. It is also used as a hedge or screen plant, and is tolerant of pruning. It is drought tolerant and prefers full sun, but will tolerate partial shade. It is also frost tolerant, but may suffer damage in severe cold.
Escallonia paniculata is a small evergreen tree native to Costa Rica, Panama and South America. It grows up to 10 meters in height and has glossy green, lanceolate leaves with a paler underside. In the spring and summer, it produces white or pink flowers in dense panicles. The fruit is a small capsule containing several small seeds. This tree is widely cultivated in gardens and parks as an ornamental plant, and is also used as a hedge or screen plant. It is drought and frost tolerant, and prefers full sun but
Escallonia paniculata is a small evergreen tree native to Costa Rica, Panama and South America. It grows up to 10 meters in height and has glossy green, lanceolate leaves with a paler underside. In the spring and summer, it produces white or pink flowers in dense panicles. The fruit is a small capsule containing several small seeds. This tree is widely cultivated in gardens and parks as an ornamental plant, and is also used as a hedge or screen plant. It is drought and frost tolerant, and prefers full sun but
Synonyms Top
| Scientific name | Authority | First published in |
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| Stereoxylon paniculatum | Ruiz & Pav. | Fl. Peruv. 3: 16 (1802) |
| Escallonia caracasana | Kunth | Nov. Gen. Sp. 3: 297 (1819) |
| Escallonia floribunda | Kunth | Nov. Gen. Sp. 3: 297 (1819) |
| Escallonia floribunda var. caracasana | (Kunth) Engl. | Fl. Bras. 14(2): 145 (1871) |
| Escallonia paniculata var. floribunda | (Kunth) J.F.Macbr. | Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 13: 1029 (1938) |
| Escallonia pilgeriana | Diels | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37: 531 (1906) |
Common names Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!| Language | Common/alternative name |
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| Chinese | 多花南鼠刺 |
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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top
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Central America
- Costa Rica
- Panamá
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Northern South America
- Venezuela
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Western South America
- Bolivia
- Colombia
- Ecuador
- Peru
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Central America
Links to other databases Top
Suggest others/fix!| Database | ID/link to page |
|---|---|
| World Flora Online | wfo-0000680313 |
| Tropicos | 29100227 |
| KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:791071-1 |
| The Plant List | kew-2801860 |
| Open Tree Of Life | 350531 |
| NCBI Taxonomy | 1293984 |
| IUCN Red List | 151217176 |
| IPNI | 791071-1 |
| iNaturalist | 545336 |
| GBIF | 7278641 |
| Wikipedia | Escallonia_paniculata |
Genomes (via NCBI) Top
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| Testing the Tropical Niche Conservatism Hypothesis: Climatic Niche Evolution of Escallonia Mutis ex L. F. (Escalloniaceae) | Dibán MJ, Hinojosa LF | Plants (Basel) | 03-Jan-2024 |
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| Ecosystem services show variable responses to future climate conditions in the Colombian páramos | Diazgranados M, Tovar C, Etherington TR, Rodríguez-Zorro PA, Castellanos-Castro C, Galvis Rueda M, Flantua SG | PeerJ | 03-May-2021 |
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| Seeing the wood despite the trees: Exploring human disturbance impact on plant diversity, community structure, and standing biomass in fragmented high Andean forests | Calbi M, Fajardo‐Gutiérrez F, Posada JM, Lücking R, Brokamp G, Borsch T | Ecol Evol | 01-Feb-2021 |
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