Petteria C.Presl

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Credits

John Grimshaw (2024)

Recommended citation
Grimshaw, J.M. (2024), 'Petteria' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/petteria/). Accessed 2024-12-04.

Family

Fabaceae

Species in genus

Petteria ramentacea

Glossary

calyx: (pl. calyces) Outer whorl of the perianth. Composed of several sepals.

References

Bean, W.J. (1976). Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, Vol. 3, N–Rh

Credits

John Grimshaw (2024)

Recommended citation
Grimshaw, J.M. (2024), 'Petteria' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/petteria/). Accessed 2024-12-04.

Petteria ramentacea is named Dalmatian Laburnum because of its similarity to the more commonly planted genus Laburnum. Meise Botanic Garden (number 19713493), Belgium. 15 May 2010. Image Guillaume Mamdy.

A genus of a single species allied to Laburnum, from which it differs in the more tubular calyx, the upper lip of which is divided almost to the base (for a full description see P. ramentacea). The racemes are erect, a character that also serves to distinguish it from Laburnum. Petteria is named after Franz Petter, a Dalmatian botanist who died in 1853 (Bean 1976).

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