Biology:Styrax hemsleyanus
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
| Styrax hemsleyanus | |
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| S. hemsleyanus, Curtis's Botanical Magazine | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Styracaceae |
| Genus: | Styrax |
| Species: | S. hemsleyanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Styrax hemsleyanus Diels
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Styrax hemsleyanus (老鸹铃),[1] the Hemsley snowball, is a species of flowering plant in the family Styracaceae, native to central China. Growing to 12 m (39 ft) tall[2] by 5 m (16 ft) broad, it is a conical deciduous tree with large rounded leaves, 12 cm (5 in) long, and clusters of cup-shaped flowers in early summer.[3][4]
The plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[5][6]
References
- ↑ "Styrax hemsleyanus". Flora of China. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200017746. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
- ↑ Shumei Huang and James W. Grimes, "Styrax hemsleyanus Diels, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29: 530. 1900", Flora of China, 15, http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200017746
- ↑ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. pp. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.
- ↑ "eFloras - Chinese plant names - Styrax hemsleyanus". http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=3&taxon_id=200017746. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
- ↑ "RHS Plant Selector - Styrax hemsleyanus". https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/75792/Styrax-hemsleyanus/Details.
- ↑ "AGM Plants - Ornamental". Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 100. https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/agm-lists/agm-ornamentals.pdf. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
Wikidata ☰ Q1074216 entry
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