Mitraria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae, comprising the sole species Mitraria coccinea (Chilean mitre flower).
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| Mitraria coccinea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Gesneriaceae |
| Genus: | Mitraria Cav. (1801) |
| Species: | M. coccinea
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| Binomial name | |
| Mitraria coccinea Cav. (1801)
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It is a woody climbing plant, distributed across Central and South Chile and South Argentina.[2]
It is cultivated as a garden plant in cool, moist areas, scrambling over the ground and climbing trees to 25 feet (7.6 m) at Arduaine Garden in Argyll, Scotland. The very attractive scarlet-orange tubular flowers are borne in late spring and summer.
References
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- ^ Mitraria coccinea Cav. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ Rodriguez, Roberto; Marticorena, Clodomiro; Alarcón, Diego; Baeza, Carlos; Cavieres, Lohengrin; Finot, Víctor L.; Fuentes, Nicol; Kiessling, Andrea; Mihoc, Maritza; Pauchard, Aníbal; Ruiz, Eduardo; Sanchez, Paulina; Marticorena, Alicia; Rodriguez, Roberto; Marticorena, Clodomiro. "Catalogue of the vascular plants of Chile". Gayana. Botánica. 75 (1): 1–430. doi:10.4067/S0717-66432018000100001. ISSN 0717-6643.
External links
edit- "Mitraria coccinea" en Enciclopedia de la flora Chilena
- Mitraria coccinea from Paghat Garden
- Mitraria coccinea from Chilebosque
Media related to Mitraria coccinea at Wikimedia Commons
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