Radermachera

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Bignoniaceae
Tribus: Tecomeae
Genus: Radermachera
Species: R. boniana – R. coriacea – R. eberhardtii – R. frondosa – R. gigantea – R. glandulosa – R. hainanensis – R. inflata – R. microcalyx – R. peninsularis – R. pentandra – R. quadripinnata – R. ramiflora – R. sinica – R. stellata – R. xylocarpa – R. yunnanensis

Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Radermachera in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2014 Nov 25. Reference page.

Name

Radermachera Zoll. & Moritzi (1855)

Type species: Radermachera stricta Zoll. & Moritzi

References

Zollinger, H. & Moritzi, A. 1855: Syst. Verz. 3: 53.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Radermachera in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 May 01. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2019. Radermachera. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 May 01. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Radermachera. Published online. Accessed: May 01 2019.
The Plant List 2013. Radermachera in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 May 01.
Tropicos.org 2019. Radermachera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 01 May 2019.

Radermachera is a genus of about 17 species of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae, native to southeastern Asia. They are evergreen trees reaching 5–40 m tall, with bipinnate or tripinnate leaves, and panicles of large bell-shaped, white, pink, pale purple or yellow flowers 5–7 cm diameter.

The genus is named after Jacob Cornelis Matthieu Radermacher, the 18th century Dutch naturalist who cataloged much of the flora of Java and Sumatra.
Species

As of July 2020, Plants of the World Online recognises 17 accepted species:[1]

Radermachera boniana Dop
Radermachera coriacea Merr.
Radermachera eberhardtii Dop
Radermachera frondosa Chun & F.C.How
Radermachera gigantea (Blume) Miq.
Radermachera glandulosa (Blume) Miq.
Radermachera hainanensis Merr.
Radermachera inflata Steenis
Radermachera microcalyx C.Y.Wu & W.C.Yin
Radermachera peninsularis Steenis
Radermachera pentandra Hemsl.
Radermachera quadripinnata (Blanco) Seem.
Radermachera ramiflora Steenis
Radermachera sinica (Hance) Hemsl.
Radermachera stellata Steenis
Radermachera xylocarpa (Roxb.) Roxb. ex K.Schum.
Radermachera yunnanensis C.Y.Wu & W.C.Yin

Cultivation and uses

Radermachera sinica has become a popular houseplant, grown for its decorative foliage.

Radermachera sp. 'Kunming' sold under the tradename 'Summerscent' is a fast growing, scented, trending plant in Australia. Useful as an informal screen (pruning aggressively after flowering) or a small tree if trained to a single trunk (cinture before flowering to maximise flower production and reduce crown after flowering).
References

"Radermachera Zoll. & Moritzi". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 7 July 2020.

Flora of China: Radermachera
Flora of Thailand: Radermachera species list
Radermachera eberhardtii (Bignoniaceae), a new record for Thailand[permanent dead link] Thai Forest. Bull. (Bot.) 31: 129–131. 2003 (pdf file).