Radermachera

Taxobox
name = "Radermachera"

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image_caption = "Radermachera sinica"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Lamiales
familia = Bignoniaceae
genus = "Radermachera"
genus_authority = Zoll. & Mor
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text

"Radermachera" is a genus of 15-16 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.

;Selected species
*"Radermachera frondosa" Chun & How
*"Radermachera eberhardtii" Dop
*"Radermachera gigantea" Miquel
*"Radermachera glandulosa" (Blume) Miquel
*"Radermachera hainanensis" Merrill
*"Radermachera ignea" (Kurz) Steenis
*"Radermachera microcalyx" C. Y. Wu & W. C. Yin
*"Radermachera peninsularis" Steenis
*"Radermachera pentandra" Hemsley
*"Radermachera pinnata" (Blanco) Seem.
*"Radermachera ramiflora" Steenis
*"Radermachera sinica" (Hance) Hemsley
*"Radermachera xylocarpa" (Roxb.) K. Schum
*"Radermachera yunnanensis" C. Y. Wu & W. C. Yin

Cultivation and uses

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

References

* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=127894 Flora of China: "Radermachera"]
* [http://www.forest.go.th/botany/Flora/species%20list/volume5/Bignoniaceae.htm Flora of Thailand: "Radermachera" species list]
* [http://www.dnp.go.th/botany/Bulletin/Bull31/PDF%20files/16.Radermachera.pdf Radermachera eberhardtii (Bignoniaceae), a new record for Thailand] "Thai Forest. Bull. (Bot.)" 31: 129–131. 2003 (pdf file).