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Iochroma australe

Accepted name Iochroma australe A. H. R. Grisebach, Abh. Kon. Ges. Wiss. Goett. 19 : 218 (1874) & Pl. Lorentz. 170 - 171 (1874).
Synonyms Iochroma grandiflorum sensu Griseb. [non Bentham], Pl. Lorentz. : 171 (1874).
Acnistus australis (Griseb.) Griseb. Symb. Fl. Argent. : 247 (1879).
Acnistus australis var. grandiflorus Griseb., Symb. Fl. Argent. : 247 (1879).
Dierbachia australis (Griseb.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 3(2) : 220 (1898).
Dunalia australis (Griseb.) Sleumer, Lilloa 23 : 137 (1950).

(from Shaw 1998).
Distribution Southern Bolivia (Tarija) to northwestern Argentina (Jujuy, Salta, Tucuman and Catanarca), 2,200 - 2,600 m.
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References Shaw 1998 : 160, Smith & Baum 2006 :
Comments A variable hardy shrub with blue or white flowers.

Smith & Baum (2006) have presented evidence that Iochroma australe is an Eriolarynx not an Iochroma.

Shaw lists 3 cultivars ('Andean Snow', 'Bill Evans', and 'Sunrise').

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