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Schlegelia parasitica, Schlegelia

Schlegelia parasitica

Schlegelia
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Origin: Cuba, Jamaica
Vine or creeper plantFull sunRegular waterPink flowers

According to other sources, belongs to Family Schlegeliaceae or Family Bignoniaceae. The delimitation of Bignoniaceae and Scrophulariaceae has long been a taxonomic problem. Schlegelia also has a scrophulariaceous seed morphology. Considered anomalous in the Bignoniaceae, the Schlegelieae similarly are distinct in the Scrophulariaceae.





Link to this plant:
https://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/schlegelia_parasitica.htm