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|accepted_name=Cryptostegia grandiflora
|accepted_authority=R. Brown
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bot. Reg.
|place=5: plate 435. 1820
|year=1820
}}
|common_names=Palay rubbervine
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|code=F
|label=Illustrated
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|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Apocynaceae;Cryptostegia;Cryptostegia grandiflora
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Apocynaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Cryptostegia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Cryptostegia grandiflora]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 14
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Leaf </b>blades 2.5–10 × 2.5–6.3 cm, glabrous. <b>Petioles</b> 3.9–15 mm, glabrous or slightly pubescent. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx lobes ovate, 13–20 mm, margins reflexed; corolla tube 18–30 mm, lobes 31.5–56 × 15–30 mm, glabrous or pubescent; corolline corona 8–11 mm, 2-fid; translator spathes orbiculate. <b>Follicles</b> (8–)10–15.5 × 2–4 cm. <b>Seeds</b> 5.2–9.7 mm; coma 18.9–38 mm. <b>2n</b> = 22.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering and fruiting year-round, mostly in summer.
|habitat=Disturbed areas.
|elevation=0–200 m.
|distribution=Fla.;Tex.;Indian Ocean Islands (Madagascar);introduced also in Mexico;West Indies;Bermuda;Central America;South America;Asia;Africa;elsewhere in Indian Ocean Islands;Pacific Islands;Australia.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>In the United States, Cryptostegia grandiflora is currently known outside of cultivation only in the keys of Monroe County, Florida, and along the Rio Grande (Cameron and Starr counties, Texas; T. F. Patterson and G. L. Nesom 2009).</p>
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name=Cryptostegia grandiflora
|authority=R. Brown
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Apocynaceae
|phenology=Flowering and fruiting year-round, mostly in summer.
|habitat=Disturbed areas.
|elevation=0–200 m.
|distribution=Fla.;Tex.;Indian Ocean Islands (Madagascar);introduced also in Mexico;West Indies;Bermuda;Central America;South America;Asia;Africa;elsewhere in Indian Ocean Islands;Pacific Islands;Australia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Bot. Reg.
|publication year=1820
|special status=Introduced;Illustrated
|source xml=
|genus=Cryptostegia
|species=Cryptostegia grandiflora
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