Araujia sericifera

TaxID: 63463

Basic Information

Araujia sericifera

Bladderflower, Moth Vine

Araujia sericifera is a perennial vining plant in the genus Araujia, of the family Apocynaceae, that is native to South America. The species was described in 1817 by the Portuguese botanist F lix de Avelar Brotero. The synonym Araujia hortorum is in more frequent use in New Zealand. Its common names include bladderflower, white bladderflower, bladder vine, cruel vine, cruel plant, moth plant, moth vine, common moth vine, and false choko. It was introduced to Europe and other areas as an ornamental plant, but it is now considered a noxious weed. In some countries, such as France, the attractive and abundant fragrant flowering make it a specimen considered worth cultivating. However its strong robustness combined with high seed production can make it invasive in most environments, but not in France due to its sensitivity to frost.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Gentianales

Apocynaceae

Araujia

sericifera

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Photos (5 photos)

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(c) Jacqui Geux@BY
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(c) Miriam Sokhet@BY
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(c) Igmar Grewar@BY-NC
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(c) Arthur Chapman@BY-NC-SA

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (2 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Spain Regulated Invasive Alien Plant 2011
Portugal Regulated Invasive Alien Plant 2019

Distribution (29 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
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Absent
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Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Algeria Present —
Argentina Present —
Australia Present
Belgium Present —
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Present —
Brazil Present
Switzerland Present —
Chile Present —
Germany Present —
Spain Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature