Torenia

Torenia
Torenia travancorica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Linderniaceae
Genus: Torenia
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Torenia is a genus of plants now classified in the family Linderniaceae. Torenia has also been classified in the figwort family Scrophulariaceae.[1] Often called wishbone flowers, bluewings; in Hawaii nanioola'a or ola'a beauty, some species are grown as garden plants. Many F1 and F2 Torenia hybrids have been hybridizied in the last 30 years. Colors can range from white with yellow throats to violet, blue, cobalt, lavender and purple.

Species

References

  1. "Torenia fournieri". Floridata Plant Encyclopedia. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  2. "torenia; Island = any". Flora of the Hawaiian Islands. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  3. "torenia; Island = any". Flora of the Hawaiian Islands. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 10 October 2015.

Additional Information

Nishihara, Masahiro (2013). "Frontiers of torenia research: innovative ornamental traits and study of ecological interaction networks through genetic engineering". Plant Methods. 9: 23. doi:10.1186/1746-4811-9-23. 

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