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[Seminars at the Singapore Botanic Gardens]

"The Lipstick Flowers of Sabah, Borneo"

Anthony Lamb
Former Director of Agricultural Park,
Tenom, Sabah

Friday, 4th April 2003: 4.00pm

Gardens Briefing Room, Visitor Centre
Singapore Botanic Gardens

About the Talk

The lipstick flowers belong to the genus Aeschynanthus, which is one of over 133 genera in the family Gesneriaceae, a pantropical family of 2000-25000 species. Aeschynanthus, with over 100 species in SEAsia, includes very showy plants often with red flowers that are becoming increasingly popular in horticulture. They are generally grown in hanging baskets. Sabah has over 25 species with 10 species recorded from Mt Kinabalu alone.

Amongst the most striking species are Aeschynanthus magnificus, A. speciosus, A. tricolor and A. siphananthus. Several species are new to science and have yet to be named.

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Source: Janice Yau, NParks  

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