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Certain species of crape myrtle are used in landscaping and gardening as screens, lawn specimens, shrub borders, and container plants. Since crape myrtles are found in many places, opinions differ as to how to cultivate them in landscaping. Crape myrtles are best cultivated in warmer southern
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1410:iNaturalist
1242:Wikispecies
821:L. speciosa
790:saru suberi
729:Cultivation
689:tassar silk
672:malabaricus
665:Lepidoptera
343:Lutherville
333:Description
319: [
163:Lythroideae
159:Subfamily:
107:Angiosperms
1559:Categories
1141:2008-01-07
1116:2019-08-11
1037:2009-08-23
1012:2023-04-24
991:2023-04-24
965:30 January
940:2021-03-09
904:(11th ed.)
877:References
857:Sombrerete
841:L. fauriei
780:L. fauriei
306:The genus
296:Lythraceae
279:trees and
153:Lythraceae
1332:FloraBase
1085:0305-0270
837:L. indica
815:L. indica
811:L. indica
784:L. indica
750:L. indica
693:wild silk
670:Endoclita
302:Etymology
277:evergreen
273:deciduous
193:See text
77:Kingdom:
1529:40001206
1524:Tropicos
1227:Wikidata
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859:, Mexico
762:botanist
756:1790 to
663:of some
637:Hybrids
376:Taxonomy
366:panicles
347:Maryland
267:), is a
187:Species
180:Linnaeus
149:Family:
143:Myrtales
120:Eudicots
1441:1061639
1428:25461-1
1389:3188723
1233:Q775229
1199:. 1921.
1173:Flora,
1065:Bibcode
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652:Ecology
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1376:117489
1350:117489
1285:223556
1259:191912
1256:APDB:
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833:Hawaii
825:banabá
798:猿滑、百日紅
709:timber
661:larvae
619:Koehne
293:family
281:shrubs
133:Rosids
1503:LAGER
1454:27109
1436:IRMNG
1415:68717
1358:FoAO2
1337:21799
1324:1LAEG
1311:71118
1298:62W2Q
1272:90217
1105:DCist
804:ateji
370:crêpe
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269:genus
127:Clade
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88:Clade
1511:POWO
1462:NCBI
1449:ITIS
1423:IPNI
1402:6470
1397:GRIN
1384:GBIF
1319:EPPO
1280:BOLD
1267:APNI
1081:ISSN
967:2012
839:and
703:Uses
358:bark
275:and
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