familyThymelaeaceae
genusEdgeworthia
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Edgeworthia
Denkschr. Königl.-Baier. Ges. Regensburg 3: 280. 1841.
Introduced
Etymology: For Michael Pakenham Edgeworth, 1812–1881 Irish botanist and British civil servant in Bengal
| Taxon | Illustrator ⠉ | |
|---|---|---|
 | Thymelaea passerina Daphne mezereum Edgeworthia gardneri | Linny Heagy Linny Heagy Linny Heagy |
Shrubs, deciduous, to 3.5 m. Stems erect, ternately branched, not jointed, thick, sericeous, glabrescent. Leaves usually clustered distally, petiolate; blade lanceolate to oblong, surfaces glabrescent. Inflorescences axillary, capitate, often drooping, pedunculate; bracts absent. Flowers: hypanthium tubular, often curved; calyx 4-lobed, lobes spreading; petals absent; stamens 8, included, adnate to hypanthium; style included, linear; stigma clavate. Fruits drupaceous, brown, dry to leathery, enclosed at base by persistent hypanthium.
Distribution
Introduced; Asia (w China), Asia (Himalaya), cultivated in warm, temperate regions
Discussion
Species 4 (1 in the flora).
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
... more about "Edgeworthia"
introrse +
lanceolate;oblong +
absent +
4-lobed +
absent +
achlorophyllous +
For Michael Pakenham Edgeworth, 1812–1881 Irish botanist and British civil servant in Bengal +
drupaceous +
brown +
indehiscent +
surrounding +
curved +
persistent +
tubular +
pedunculate +
capitate +
drooping +
axillary +
true +
petiolate +
clustered +
spreading +
1(-5)-carpellate +
pendent +
absent +
Denkschr. Königl.-Baier. Ges. Regensburg +
1841 +
ventral +
Introduced +
diplostemonous +
adnate +
included +
pliable +
erect +
thick +
clavate +
included +
absent +
glabrescent +
Edgeworthia +
Thymelaeaceae +
genus +
deciduous +
lignified +