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Linnaea floribunda

Linnaea floribunda

(Rovelli ex André)
Abelia

Family: Caprifoliaceae
Order: Dipsacales
Class: Magnoliopsida
Phylum / Division: Magnoliophyta
Kingdom: Plantae

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Vesalea floribunda, also known as Mexican abelia, is a species of flowering plant in the honeysuckle family, Caprifoliaceae. It is a shrub native to southern Mexico, ranging from central Veracruz to northern Oaxaca and southeastern Chiapas.

Growing to tall and broad, it is a semi-evergreen or evergreen shrub with shiny ovate leaves and clusters of tubular cerise flowers to long. The flowers bloom year-round (in the wild) except in the spring. It fruits (produces a seed pod) year-round (in the wild) except May and June.

Its natural habitat is mixed pine and oak forests and on rocky outcrops at 2000 to elevation.

Two varieties are accepted.
  • Vesalea floribunda var. floribunda (synonyms Abelia hirsuta and Abelia speciosa ) – central Veracruz to northern Oaxaca and southeastern Chiapas
  • Vesalea floribunda var. foliacea – southeastern Chiapas

Though hardy down to , it prefers a sheltered location, for instance against a south-facing stone wall.

It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society´s Award of Garden Merit.

Source: Wikipedia, article Linnaea floribunda. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 17/07/2026.





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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
140725829/01/2011ArgentinaCiudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresJardín Japonés, PalermoEduardo Nadal
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Linnaea floribunda – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 14/09/2026.