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Species of flowering plant in the honeysuckle family Caprifoliaceae

Vesalea floribunda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Dipsacales
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Genus: Vesalea
Species: V. floribunda
Binomial name
Vesalea floribunda
M.Martens & Galeotti (1844)
Varieties
  • Vesalea floribunda var. floribunda
  • Vesalea floribunda var. foliacea (Villarreal) Landrein
Synonyms
  • Abelia floribunda (M.Mart. & Galeotti) Decne. (1846)
  • Linnaea floribunda (M.Mart. & Galeotti) A.Braun & Vatke (1872)

Vesalea floribunda, also known as Mexican abelia, is a species of flowering plant in the honeysuckle family, Caprifoliaceae. It is a shrub native to southern Mexico, ranging from central Veracruz to northern Oaxaca and southeastern Chiapas.

Growing to 4 m (13 ft) tall and broad, it is a semi-evergreen or evergreen shrub with shiny ovate leaves and clusters of tubular cerise flowers to 5 cm (2.0 in) long. The flowers bloom year-round (in the wild) except in the spring. It fruits (produces a seed pod) year-round (in the wild) except May and June.

Its natural habitat is mixed pine and oak forests and on rocky outcrops at 2,000 to 3,000 m (6,600 to 9,800 ft) elevation.

Two varieties are accepted.

  • Vesalea floribunda var. floribunda (synonyms Abelia hirsuta (M.Martens & Galeotti) Walp. and Abelia speciosa Decne.) – central Veracruz to northern Oaxaca and southeastern Chiapas
  • Vesalea floribunda var. foliacea (Villarreal) Landrein – southeastern Chiapas

Though hardy down to −10 °C (14 °F), it prefers a sheltered location, for instance against a south-facing stone wall.

It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

References

  1. ^ "Vesalea floribunda M.Martens & Galeotti". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Vesalea floribunda - Trees and Shrubs Online". treesandshrubsonline.org. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  3. "Vesalea floribunda". www.rhs.org. RHS. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  4. "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). www.rhs.org. Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 107. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
Taxon identifiers
Vesalea floribunda
Abelia floribunda
Linnaea floribunda
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