Zabelia corymbosa | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Dipsacales |
Family: | Caprifoliaceae |
Genus: | Zabelia |
Species: | Z. corymbosa
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Binomial name | |
Zabelia corymbosa (Regel & Schmalh.) Makino
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Synonyms [2] | |
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Zabelia corymbosa ( synonym Abelia corymbosa) is a species of flowering plant in the honeysuckle family, Caprifoliaceae. [2] It is native to Central Asia, where it occurs in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan. [1]
This is a shrub growing up to 3 to 4 meters tall. The dull green, oval-shaped leaves vary in size. Tubular flowers grow in pairs in the leaf axils. The flowers are 1 to 2 centimeters long and are a pink-tinged white in color. [3]
This species was described (as Abelia corymbosa) by Eduard August von Regel and Johannes Theodor Schmalhausen in 1878, and transferred to Zabelia by Tomitaro Makino in 1948. [2] [4]
Zabelia corymbosa | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Dipsacales |
Family: | Caprifoliaceae |
Genus: | Zabelia |
Species: | Z. corymbosa
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Binomial name | |
Zabelia corymbosa (Regel & Schmalh.) Makino
[2]
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Synonyms [2] | |
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Zabelia corymbosa ( synonym Abelia corymbosa) is a species of flowering plant in the honeysuckle family, Caprifoliaceae. [2] It is native to Central Asia, where it occurs in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan. [1]
This is a shrub growing up to 3 to 4 meters tall. The dull green, oval-shaped leaves vary in size. Tubular flowers grow in pairs in the leaf axils. The flowers are 1 to 2 centimeters long and are a pink-tinged white in color. [3]
This species was described (as Abelia corymbosa) by Eduard August von Regel and Johannes Theodor Schmalhausen in 1878, and transferred to Zabelia by Tomitaro Makino in 1948. [2] [4]