Periploca L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 70

1. Periploca L. 2

Shrubs, with erect or twining stems. Leaves opposite. Flowers in axillary cymes. Corolla contorted in bud; lobes more or less erect at anthesis. Corona single, with 5 free, abaxially awned segments. Follicles cylindrical, slightly sulcate, not spiny.

Literature; K. Browicz, Arboretum Kórnickie 11; 5-104 (1966). K. H. Rechinger fil., Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Math.-Nat. Kl. (Wien) 105(2, 1): 131 (1943). Stems up to 12 m, twining; leaves 4-12x 2-7 cm, membranous;

corolla c. 2 cm in diameter 1. graeca Stems 1 -5-3 m, erect; leaves 1 -3- 5 x 0-2-0- 6 cm, somewhat coriaceous; corolla c. 1 cm in diameter 2. laevigata