Biology:Chimonanthus praecox
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Laurales |
| Family: | Calycanthaceae |
| Genus: | Chimonanthus |
| Species: | C. praecox
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Chimonanthus praecox, also known as wintersweet or Japanese allspice, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Chimonanthus of the family Calycanthaceae, native to China. The plant is known as làméi (蠟梅) in Chinese. The plant is also grown in Iran, where it is called Gol-e Yakh (گلیخ) or "Ice Flower" in Persian.[citation needed]
It is a vigorous deciduous shrub growing to 4 m (13 ft) tall with an erect trunk and leaves 5–29 cm (2–11 in) long and 2–12 cm (1–5 in) broad. Its strongly scented pendant flowers, produced in winter (between November and March in UK,[2]) on bare stems, have 15-21 yellow or pale green-yellow, tepals, the inner ones usually with purplish red pigments.[3][4][5]
A&B: flowers; C: foliage; D: hypanthium; E: longitudinal section of hypanthium; F: fruit; G: terminal leaf buds; H: seedling
Winter flowering
Leaves and fruit
This plant is cultivated in gardens, producing valued flower colour in the dormant season. The cultivars C. praecox 'Grandiflorus'[6] and C. praecox 'Luteus'[7] have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
The plant is not closely related to allspice, Pimenta dioica.
Cultural Usage
C. praecox is a common motif in traditional Persian poetry, literature, and music. A more modern example of C. praecox in Persian music is Kourosh Yaghmaei's Gol-e Yakh.
References
- ↑ "Chimonanthus praecox (L.) Link". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:139248-1.
- ↑ Nicholson, B.E.; Wallis, Michael (1963). The Oxford Book of Garden Flowers. London: Oxford University Press. p. viii. ISBN 978-0199100026.
- ↑ "eFloras - Flora of China - Chimonanthus praecox". http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200008496.
- ↑ {{citation | mode = cs1 | title = Chimonanthus praecox | work = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) | url = | publisher = [[Organization:Agricultural Research ServAgricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | access-date = 2008-06-02 }}
- ↑ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. pp. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
- ↑ "RHS Plant Selector - Chimonanthus praecox 'Grandiflorus'". https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/97272/Chimonanthus-praecox-Grandiflorus/Details.
- ↑ "RHS Plant Selector - Chimonanthus praecox 'Luteus'". https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/98024/Chimonanthus-praecox-Luteus/Details.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q2566375 entry
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