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Mandevilla / ˌ m æ n d ɪ ˈ v ɪ l ə / [3] is a genus of tropical and subtropical flowering vines belonging to the family Apocynaceae. It was first described as a genus in 1840. [ 4 ] A common name is rocktrumpet .
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Shade avoidance is a set of responses that plants display when they are subjected to the shade of another plant. It often includes elongation , altered flowering time, increased apical dominance and altered partitioning of resources.
Mandevilla sanderi, the Brazilian jasmine, [2] is a vine belonging to the genus Mandevilla. [3] Grown as an ornamental plant , the species is endemic to the State of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. [ 4 ] It is a rapidly growing, creeping , perennial plant , pruning shoots about 60 cm per year.
Mandevilla laxa, commonly known as Chilean jasmine, [3] [4] is an ornamental plant in the genus Mandevilla of family Apocynaceae. M. laxa is native to southern Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and northern Argentina. [4] It grows as a vine and is deciduous in cool climates. It can grow to 6 meters (20 feet) tall.
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Shade-tolerant plants are also usually adapted to make more use of soil nutrients than shade-intolerant plants. [2] A distinction may be made between "shade-tolerant" plants and "shade-loving" or sciophilous plants. Sciophilous plants are dependent on a degree of shading that would eventually kill most other plants, or significantly stunt their ...
The flowers are 2 to 4 cm (3 ⁄ 4 to 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) long, typically a rich blue color and bottle shaped with fused petals (sympetalous) and closed mouths. [6] [7] The flowers are clustered at the top of the plant or in the axis of the top leaves. The stems are 30 to 60 cm (12 to 24 in) long, lax in habit, producing sprawling plants with ...