Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Lamiales Bromhead
Family
Bignoniaceae
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Pandorea Spach, Hist. Nat. Vég. (Spach) 136 (1840)
 Description

Evergreen lianes. Lvs imparipinnate, glabrous. Leaflets usually entire, sometimes serrate, the terminal leaflet largest. Fls in axillary or terminal panicles, often numerous. Calyx small, tubular-campanulate, shortly 5-toothed. Corolla slightly 2-lipped; tube funnelform to broadly cylindric; lobes imbricate. Stamens 4, included, with strongly diverging anthers. Disc thick, annular. Ovary 2-locular, glabrous or hairy. Capsule oblong; valves thick. Seeds broad, elliptic, winged.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Exotic
Number of species in New Zealand within Pandorea Spach
CategoryNumber
Exotic: Fully Naturalised1
Exotic: Casual1
Total2
 Bibliography
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
Spach, E. 1840: Histoire Naturelle des Végétaux. Phanérogames. Edition 9.
Wilcox, M.; Bradshaw, C.; Cameron, E. 2004: Woody plants of the Auckland Domain. Auckland Botanical Society Journal 59(1): 44–56.