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Cup and saucer vine (Cobaea scandens)

Dlium Cup and saucer vine (Cobaea scandens)

Cup and saucer vine or cathedral bells (Cobaea scandens) is a species of plant in the Polemoniaceae, a perennial herb, a plant that climbs or spreads on the ground, is independent, has cup-shaped flowers, cylindrical fruit, grows in forests, agricultural land, roadsides and abandoned lands.

C. scandens has oval-shaped leaves, leaves up to 10 cm long, up to 6 cm wide, sharp tip, asymmetrical base, twigs consisting of four leaves and tendrils equipped with small hooks to attach to supports. Leaf stalk 1 cm long.



Flowers are wide cupped or bell shaped and face forward, up to 5.5 cm wide, up to 8 cm long, pistil and stalk up to 6 cm long, purple or white in color, mature flowers are aromatic and are pollinated by bats. The fruit is a cylindrical capsule, up to 8 cm long and up to 4 cm wide, green with white spots.

TAXON

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Ericales
Family: Polemoniaceae
Genus: Cobaea Cav. in Icon. 1: 11 (1791)
Species: Cobaea scandens Cav. in Icon. 1: 11 (1791)

HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS

Rosenbergia scandens (Cav.) House in Muhlenbergia 4: 23 (1908)

HETEROTYPIC SYNONYMS

Cobaea lasseri Pittier in Bol. Soc. Venez. Ci. Nat. 4: 346 (1937)
Cobaea scandens alba Hovey in Nursery Cat. (Hovey & co.) 1882: 25 (1882)
Cobaea scandens var. foliis-variegatis André in Pl. Feuill. Ornem.: 142 (1866)
Cobaea scandens variegata W.Bull ex Blandy in Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 1: 619 (1861)

PUBLICATIONS

Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.

Barooah, C. & Ahmed, I. (2014). Plant diversity of Assam. A checklist of Angiosperms and Gymnosperms: 1-599. Assam science technology and environment council, India.

Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS Genera starting with letter E-F: 1-50919.

Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2014). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 7: 1-840. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.

Ibarra-Manríquez, G. & al. (2015). Lianas of Mexico. Botanical Sciences 93: 365-417.

Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.

López Patiño, E.J., Szeszko, D.R., Rascala Pérez, J. & Beltrán Retis, A.S. (2012). The flora of the Tenacingo-Malinalco-Zumpahuacán protected natural area, state of Mexico, Mexico. Harvard Papers in Botany 17: 65-167.

Muer, T., Sauerbier, H. & Cabrara Calixto, F. (2020). Die Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Madeiras: 1-792. Verlag und Versandbuchhandlung Andreas Kleinsteuber.

Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

Van Steenis, C.G.G.J. (ed.) (1948-1954). Flora Malesiana 4: 1-631. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.

Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

VERNACULAR NAME

Bali: Sekar cangkir
Czech: Vilec šplhavý
Dutch: Klokwinde
English: Cup-and-saucer vine, Cathedral bells, Monastery bells
Finnish: Kelloköynnös
Indonesian: Villa gunung, Bunga cangkir
Japanese: ツルコベア
Java: Kembang cangkir, Torong wungu
Madura: Kembang cangker
Minang: Ungu ameh
Russian: Кобея лазящая
Slovak: Kobea popínavá
Spanish: Campanula, Campana morada
Swedish: Klockranka

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