Dipelta
| Dipelta | |
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| Dipelta floribunda | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Dipsacales |
| Family: | Caprifoliaceae |
| Subfamily: | Linnaeoideae |
| Genus: | Maxim. (1877) |
| Species[1] | |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
| Cavaleriella H.Lév. (1914) | |
Dipelta is a genus of three large, deciduous shrubs that are members of the family Caprifoliaceae. They are native to north-central and southern China, southeastern Tibet, and northern Myanmar,[1] but have been cultivated widely as decorative garden plants. They have attractive peeling bark, bell-shaped flowers carried singly or in corymbs and fruit with papery bracts. They develop in a rounded shape and attain a height of about 3–4 metres (10–13 ft).[2][3] The leaves are simple, oval to lance shaped and borne in opposite pairs.
Dipelta floribunda has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[4]
Species
Three species are accepted.[1]
- Dipelta elegans Batalin – Gansu and northern Sichuan in west-central China
- Dipelta floribunda Maxim. – central and east-central China
- Dipelta yunnanensis Franch. – south-central China, southeastern Tibet, and northern Myanmar
References
- ^ a b c d "Dipelta Maxim". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
- ^ The Royal Horticultural Society Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, Ed. Christopher Brickell, Dorling Kindersly, London. 1996, ISBN 0-7513-0436-0. p371
- ^ [1] Burncoose Nurseries
- ^ "Dipelta floribunda". Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 24 July 2013.