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#MVGKIDS Calibrachoa Taxonomy
Calibrachoa (ca-libra-KO-a) is a genus of plants in the Solanaceae (nightshade) family. They are evergreen short-lived perennials and subshrubs with a sprawling habit, with small petunia-type owers.
Kingdom Plantae – Plants In botany the taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct plants.
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants Tracheobionta is the subkingdom of plants that contain vascular tissues, xylem and phloem. They are com- monly known as the vascular plants. Vascular plants are plants that have tissues called xylem and phloem as conducting tissues.
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants The spermatophytes, also known as phanerogams or phaenogams, comprise those plants that produce seeds, hence the alternative name seed plants.
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants The division magnollophyta include flowering plants, also known as angiosperms, Angiospermae, or Magno- liophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants, with 64 orders, 416 families, approximately 13,000 known genera and 300,000 known species.
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons Flowering plants who have seeds that have two embryonic leaves (cotyledons). Flowering plants that are not dicots are monocots or monocotyledons.
Order Solanales An order of flowering plants, included in the asterid group of dicotyledons
Family Solanaceae – Potato family Also known as Nightshades. The family has a worldwide distribution, being present on all continents except Antarctica. Besides flowers, this family also includes tomatoes, potatoes, eggplant, bell and chili peppers
Genus Calibrachoa Llave & Lex. – calibrachoa P Calibrachoa are small shrubs or herbaceous plants with woody shoot axis that grow annual or perennial. The leaves are ovate, elliptic, reverse ovate or linear; its edge is flat or rolled back. The inflorescences are mono- chasic and have oppositely standing, foliage-like bracts. The flowers are usually zygomorphic, the bud cover is reciprocal in most species, the only exception is Calibrachoa pygmaea in both cases. The calyx has five or ten ribs, it is usually lobed to about the middle, the lobes are usually narrowed towards the top. The crown is funnel-shaped, only in Calibrachoa pygmaea it is salver-shaped, bulbous and tapered towards the tip. The color of the crown can be purple, red, pink or whitish.
The fruits are capsules. The seeds have a net-like surface. This structure is due to walls perpendicular to the seed surface, which are straight in all species.