The genus consists of shrubs and trees native to South America, the West Indies, and Florida (USA). Harrisia produces large, nocturnal, ephemeral flowers and is further characterized by its distinctive seed and trichome morphology. The species of the Gran Chaco region and Brazil have the......
dianthus that the name alludes to the resemblance to Dianthus flowers as the colours of its branchiae “recalls the varied hues and forms of different kinds of pinks, (Dianthus.)”. The botanical generic name Dianthus (flower of Zeus) is New Latin (Linnæus and earlier) from Greek Δη...
africana), triangular, not overtopping calyxes; (iv) sepals 1.2–1.5 × 0.7–1 mm (within the size range of the typical var. africana); and (v) petals 1.7–2.2 × 1–1.2 mm, elliptical in outline. However, because the racemes are still starting to bloom and most flowers are not ...