Pandorea

Pandorea
Pandorea jasminoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Bignoniaceae
Tribe:	Tecomeae
Genus:	Pandorea Spach
Species
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Pandorea is a genus made up of 6 woody climbing and creeping vines in the family Bignoniaceae. They are native to Australia, Malesia and New Caledonia.

Popular varieties

The two most widely cultivated varieties mainly for their showy flowers and clean attractive leaves are the Australian species P. jasminoides (Bower vine), and P. pandorana (wonga vine). All of the plants in Pandorea are subtropical to tropical and are frost-tender.

Selected species

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution	Description
	Pandorea baileyana	Large-leaved Wonga vine	New South Wales and Queensland	Climbing vine with large white flower clusters.
	Pandorea doratoxylon	Western Wonga vine	Western Australia
	Pandorea jasminoides	Bower of beauty	New South Wales and Queensland	Widely cultivated flowering vine native to Australia.
	Pandorea nervosa	Pandoras vine	Far-north Queensland	A climbing vine native to deeply shaded rainforests.
	Pandorea pandorana	Wonga Wonga vine	Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, New Caledonia and Vanuatu	Grows as a scrambling plant or vigorous climber.
	Pandorea pandorana subsp. austrocaledonica	Boat vine	Lord Howe Island, Vanuatu and New Caledonia	An island vine found 500 metres above sea level.

External links

Media related to Pandorea at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Pandorea at Wikispecies