Mitraria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae, comprising the sole species Mitraria coccinea (Chilean mitre flower).

Mitraria
Mitraria coccinea
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Gesneriaceae
Genus: Mitraria
Cav. (1801)
Species:
M. coccinea
Binomial name
Mitraria coccinea
Cav. (1801)
Synonyms[1]
  • Diplocalyx C.Presl
  • Diplocalyx pallidus C.Presl (1845)
  • Diplocalyx tomentellus C.Presl (1845)
  • Gesneria chilensis Molina (1810)
  • Mitraria pallida (C.Presl) Hanst. (1865)
  • Mitraria tomentella (C.Presl) Hanst. (1865)

It is a woody climbing plant, distributed across Central and South Chile and South Argentina.[2]

It is cultivated as a garden plant in cool, moist areas, scrambling over the ground and climbing trees to 25 feet (7.6 m) at Arduaine Garden in Argyll, Scotland. The very attractive scarlet-orange tubular flowers are borne in late spring and summer.

References

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  1. ^ Mitraria coccinea Cav. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  2. ^ Rodriguez, Roberto; Marticorena, Clodomiro; Alarcón, Diego; Baeza, Carlos; Cavieres, Lohengrin; Finot, Víctor L.; Fuentes, Nicol; Kiessling, Andrea; Mihoc, Maritza; Pauchard, Aníbal; Ruiz, Eduardo; Sanchez, Paulina; Marticorena, Alicia; Rodriguez, Roberto; Marticorena, Clodomiro. "Catalogue of the vascular plants of Chile". Gayana. Botánica. 75 (1): 1–430. doi:10.4067/S0717-66432018000100001. ISSN 0717-6643.
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