Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Lamiales Bromhead
Family
Bignoniaceae
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Podranea Sprague, Fl. Cap. (Harvey) 4(2), 449-450 (1904)
 Description

Evergreen lianes. Lvs opposite, petiolate, imparipinnate; leaflets serrate; tendrils 0. Infl. a terminal panicle of large pink fls. Calyx 5-lobed, inflated, > corolla tube; tube campanulate; lobes apiculate. Corolla moderately 2-lipped; tube cylindric below, ± campanulate above; lobes < tube, subequal, spreading. Stamens 4, didynamous, included; anthers diverging at maturity; filaments glandular towards base of free portion and on adnate part below. Disc prominent, cup-shaped. Ovary 2-locular, glabrous. Capsule elongated, linear. Seeds winged.

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

 Biostatus
Exotic
Number of species in New Zealand within Podranea Sprague
CategoryNumber
Exotic: Fully Naturalised1
Total1
 Bibliography
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
Thiselton-Dyer, W.T. (ed.) 1904: Flora Capensis; being a systematic description of the plants of the Cape Colony, Caffraria, & Port Natal. Vol. 4. Part 2. Lovell Reeve, London.