Plumbago auriculata

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Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Photokaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Mesangiospermae Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Plumbaginaceae
Tribus: Plumbagineae
Genus: Plumbago
Species: Plumbago auriculata

Name

Plumbago auriculata Lam., Encycl. 2: 270 (1786).

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Plumbagidium auriculatum (Lam.) Spach, Hist. Nat. Vég. 10: 339 (1841).
Heterotypic
- Plumbago capensis Thunb., Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 33 (1794).
- Plumbago grandiflora Ten., Cat. Ort. Bot. Napoli: 91 (1845).
- Plumbago alba Pasq., Cat. Ort. Bot. Napoli: 82 (1867).
  - Plumbago auriculata f. alba (Pasq.) T.H.Peng, Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 60(1): 7 (1987).
- Plumbago capensis f. alba Carrière, Rev. Hort. (Paris) 60: 285 (1888).
  - Plumbago capensis var. alba (Carrière) Pynaert, Nursery Cat. (Éd. Pynaert - Van Geert) 1888(Suppl.): 21 (1888).

Homonyms

Plumbago auriculata Blume (1826) = Plumbago zeylanica var. zeylanica

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe (introduced)
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Baleares, Portugal, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia.
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Tunisia (introduced).
- Regional: Macaronesia
  - Canary Islands, Madeira (introduced).
- Regional: West Tropical Africa
  - Benin (introduced).
- Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Cameroon, Gulf of Guinea Islands (introduced).
- Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia (introduced).
- Regional: South Tropical Africa
  - Mozambique.
- Regional: Southern Africa
  - KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Northern Provinces.
- Regional: Middle Atlantic Ocean
  - Ascension (introduced).
- Regional: Western Indian Ocean
  - Comoros, Mauritius, Réunion, Rodrigues (introduced).
Continental: Asia-Temperate (introduced)
- Regional: Western Asia
  - East Aegean Islands.
Continental: Asia-Tropical (introduced)
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - Assam, Bangladesh.
- Regional: Indo-China
  - Vietnam.
Continental: Pacific (introduced)
- Regional: Southwestern Pacific
  - Vanuatu.
- Regional: Northwestern Pacific
  - Marianas.
- Regional: North-Central Pacific
  - Hawaii.
Continental: Northern America (introduced)
- Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Florida.
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Southwest.
Continental: Southern America (introduced)
- Regional: Central America
  - El Salvador, Guatemala.
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Islands.
- Regional: Northern South America
  - Venezuela.
- Regional: Western South America
  - Ecuador, Peru.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Lamarck, J.-B. 1786–1788. Encyclopédie méthodique. Botanique. Tome 2. 774 pp. Panckoucke, Paris; Plomteux, Liége. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. 2013. Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du Nord. Volume 5: Dicotyledoneae: Oleaceae – Zygophyllaceae. Conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève, ISBN 978-2-8277-0128-5, 451 pp. PDF Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Plumbago auriculata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 August 26. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Plumbago auriculata. Published online. Accessed: August 26 2025. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2025. Plumbago auriculata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 August 2025. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Plumbago auriculata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 22 February 2009. Reference page.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Blousyselbos
العربية: رصاصية أذنية
বাংলা: নীল চিতা
català: Malvesc
dansk: Blå Blyrod
Deutsch: Kap-Bleiwurz
English: Cape leadwort
español: blumbago del Cabo
فارسی: یاس آبی
français: Dentellaire du Cap
日本語: ルリマツリ
Nederlands: Mannentrouw
polski: Ołownik uszkowaty
português: dentelária-do-cabo
svenska: Blyblomma
isiXhosa: umabophe
中文: 蓝雪花
isiZulu: umabophe