Mandevilla Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607 is a genus of tropical and subtropical flowering vines belonging to the family Apocynaceae. It was first described as a genus in 1840. A common name is rocktrumpet.
Mandevilla species are native to the Southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and South America. Many originate from the Serra dos Órgãos forests in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The genus was named after Henry Mandeville (1773-1861), a British diplomat and gardener."Botanica. The Illustrated AZ of over 10000 garden plants and how to cultivate them", p 562. Könemann, 2004.
Cultivation and uses Mandevillas develop spectacular, often fragrant flowers in warm climates. The flowers come in a variety of colours, including white, pink, yellow, and red. Many hybrids have been developed, mainly deriving from M. × amabilis, M. splendens, and M. sanderi. As climbers, mandevillas can be trained against a wall or trellis to provide a leafy green, and often flowering covering.
The hybrid cultivars Mandevilla × amabilis 'Alice du pont' and ='Sunparapibra' have won the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
Species Accepted speciesKew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Mandevilla abortiva - Bahia, Goiás Mandevilla acutiloba - Mexico to Honduras Mandevilla aequatorialis - Ecuador Mandevilla albifolia - Venezuela Mandevilla alboviridis - Peru, Colombia Mandevilla amazonica - S Venezuela Mandevilla anceps - S Venezuela, NW Brazil Mandevilla andina - Bolivia Mandevilla angustata - S Venezuela, Guyana Mandevilla angustifolia - Bolivia, Paraguay, N Argentina Mandevilla annulariifolia - S Venezuela, NW Brazil, SE Colombia Mandevilla antioquiana - Antioquia in Colombia Mandevilla apocynifolia - Jalisco, Nayarit, Michoacán Mandevilla aracamunensis - S Venezuela Mandevilla arcuata - Peru, S Colombia Mandevilla aridana - Santander in Colombia Mandevilla assimilis - Ecuador Mandevilla atroviolacea - S Brazil Mandevilla bahiensis - Bahia Mandevilla barretoi - Minas Gerais Mandevilla benthamii - SE Venezuela, Guyana Mandevilla bogotensis - NW Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia Mandevilla boliviensis - Costa Rica to Bolivia + E Brazil Mandevilla brachyloba - Bolivia, Peru, NW Argentina Mandevilla brachysiphon - Arizona, New Mexico, N Mexico Mandevilla bracteata - Ecuador, Colombia Mandevilla bradei - Goiás Mandevilla callacatensis - Peru Mandevilla callista - Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia Mandevilla caquetana - Caquetá in Colombia Mandevilla catimbauensis - Pernambuco Mandevilla caurensis - SE Colombia, S Venezuela Mandevilla cercophylla - Ecuador, SW Colombia, Peru Mandevilla clandestina - Brazil Mandevilla coccinea - Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, NE Argentina Mandevilla columbiana - S Colombia Mandevilla convolvulacea - Puebla, Oaxaca Mandevilla crassinoda - Rio de Janeiro Mandevilla cuneifolia - SE Colombia, NW Brazil Mandevilla cuspidata - Peru, Bolivia Mandevilla dardanoi - Pernambuco Mandevilla dissimilis - Ecuador Mandevilla duidae - Amazonas in Venezuela Mandevilla emarginata - Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, NE Argentina, Bolivia Mandevilla duartei - Minas Gerais Mandevilla equatorialis - Ecuador Mandevilla espinosae - Ecuador Mandevilla exilicaulis - Michoacán, Colima, Jalisco Mandevilla eximia - S Brazil Mandevilla filifolia - S Venezuela Mandevilla fistulosa - SE Bahia, Espírito Santo Mandevilla foliosa - Chihuahua to Oaxaca Mandevilla fragilis - Bolivia Mandevilla fragrans - S Brazil Mandevilla frigida - Piura in Peru Mandevilla funiformis - S + SE Brazil Mandevilla glandulosa - Peru Mandevilla gracilis - S Colombia, NW Brazil, Venezuela, Guyana Mandevilla grata - Tucumán in Argentina Mandevilla grazielae - E Brazil Mandevilla guanabarica - Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro Mandevilla harleyi - Minas Gerais Mandevilla hatschbachii - Bahia Mandevilla hesperia - Baja California Sur Mandevilla hirsuta - S Mexico to Paraguay Mandevilla holosericea - México State to Oaxaca Mandevilla holstii - Amazonas in Venezuela Mandevilla horrida - Cajamarca Mandevilla huberi - Amazonas in Venezuela Mandevilla hypoleuca - Mexico, Texas Mandevilla illustris - Paraguay, Brazil Mandevilla immaculata - S Brazil Mandevilla inexperata - Ecuador Mandevilla jamesonii - Ecuador Mandevilla jasminiflora - Colombia Mandevilla javitensis - SE Colombia, NW Brazil, Venezuela, Guyana Mandevilla kalmiifolia - Cerro Duida in Venezuela Mandevilla krukovii - NW Brazil Mandevilla lancibracteata - Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela Mandevilla lancifolia - SE Colombia, S Venezuela Mandevilla lanuginosa - S Texas, Mexico Mandevilla laxa - Bolivia, Peru, N Argentina Mandevilla leptophylla - Bahia, Minas Gerais Mandevilla ligustriflora - Ecuador Mandevilla lobbii - Peru Mandevilla lojana - Ecuador Mandevilla longiflora - Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, N Argentina, Brazil Mandevilla longipes - Colombia Mandevilla lucida - Rio de Janeiro Mandevilla luetzelburgii - Espírito Santo Mandevilla macrosiphon NE Mexico, S Texas Mandevilla martiana - E Brazil Mandevilla martii - C Brazil Mandevilla matogrossana - Bolívar in Venezuela, Mato Grosso Mandevilla megabracteata - NE Colombia, Guyana Mandevilla mexicana - Oaxaca Mandevilla microphylla - Bahia Mandevilla mollissima - Colombia Mandevilla montana - SW Colombia, Ecuador, Peru Mandevilla moricandiana - E Brazil Mandevilla moritziana - NE Colombia, Venezuela Mandevilla muelleri - SE Brazil Mandevilla myriophylla - C Brazil Mandevilla nacapulensis - Sonora Mandevilla nacarema - Colombia Mandevilla nerioides - Colombia, S Venezuela Mandevilla nevadana - Magdalena in Colombia Mandevilla novocapitalis - C Brazil Mandevilla oaxacana - Oaxaca Mandevilla obtusifolia - Amazonas in Venezuela Mandevilla pachyphylla - Bolívar in Venezuela Mandevilla paisae - Antioquia Mandevilla pavonii - Colombia to Bolivia Mandevilla pendula - SE Brazil Mandevilla pentlandiana - Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, N Argentina Mandevilla petraea - Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia, Brazil, N Argentina Mandevilla pohliana - Paraguay, Bolivia, Brazil, N Argentina Mandevilla polyantha - Peru Mandevilla pristina - Peru Mandevilla pubescens - NW Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador Mandevilla puyumato - Colombia Mandevilla pycnantha - Minas Gerais Mandevilla riparia - Peru, Colombia, Ecuador Mandevilla rubra - Minas Gerais Mandevilla rugellosa - N + C South America Mandevilla rugosa - Guyana, Brazil Mandevilla rutila - Peru, Bolivia Mandevilla sagittarii - Panama, Colombia, Ecuador Mandevilla sancta - Bahia Mandevilla sancta-martae - Magdalena in Colombia Mandevilla sandemanii - Peru Mandevilla sanderi - Rio de Janeiro Mandevilla sandwithii - Guyana Mandevilla scaberula - N Brazil, Venezuela, Guyana, Fr Guiana Mandevilla scabra - tropical South America Mandevilla schlimii - Venezuela, Colombia Mandevilla scutifolia - Peru Mandevilla sellowii - S Brazil Mandevilla semirii - Minas Gerais Mandevilla similaris - SE Venezuela Mandevilla speciosa - N Brazil, Venezuela, Guyana, Colombia Mandevilla spigeliiflora - Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia Mandevilla splendens - Rio de Janeiro Mandevilla steyermarkii - S Venezuela, SE Colombia Mandevilla subcarnosa - N Brazil, Venezuela, Guyana, Colombia Mandevilla subcordata - Bolivia Mandevilla subsagittata - Mexico to Peru; Cuba, Trinidad Mandevilla subscorpoidea - Guatemala, S Mexico Mandevilla subsessilis - C Mexico to El Salvador Mandevilla subumbelliflora - Peru Mandevilla surinamensis - Venezuela, 3 Guianas Mandevilla symphytocarpa - Trinidad to Bolivia Mandevilla tenuifolia - Suriname, Brazil Mandevilla thevetioides - SE Colombia Mandevilla torosa - Tamaulipas to Honduras; Cuba, Jamaica Mandevilla trianae - Guyana to Peru Mandevilla tricolor - Ecuador Mandevilla tristis - Táchira Mandevilla tubiflora - NW Mexico to Nicaragua Mandevilla turgida - S Venezuela Mandevilla ulei - NW Brazil Mandevilla undulata - Paraguay, Misiones Mandevilla urceolata - Rio de Janeiro Mandevilla urophylla - SE Brazil Mandevilla vanheurckii - Venezuela, Peru, NW Brazil Mandevilla vasquezii - Peru Mandevilla velame - Brazil Mandevilla venulosa - Minas Gerais, São Paulo Mandevilla veraguasensis - S Central America, NW South America Mandevilla versicolor - Peru, Ecuador Mandevilla villosa - Chiapas to S Venezuela Mandevilla virescens - S Brazil, Paraguay, NE Argentina Mandevilla widgrenii - Brazil, Paraguay Mandevilla xerophytica - Boyaca in Colombia
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External links
The Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service Mandevilla Plant Expert Gardening, Q & A