Re: Perilepta dyeriana (fwd)
Anthony R. Brach (brach@oeb.harvard.edu)
Tue, 06 Jan 1998 06:29:38 -0500
>Perilepta is treated by most western taxonomists as a synonym of
>Strobilanthes. Strobilanthes dyeriana is a commonly cultivated plant in
>many hothouse gardens in temperate regions (including here in San
>Francisco) and out-of-doors in subtropical and tropical regions. I have
>seen it in gardens on three continents. It is treated in most of the
>standard horticulture references. Presumably, P. dyeriana is the same
>species.
>
>Tom Daniel
>tdaniel@cas.calacademy.org
>