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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Chionanthus''
| image = Chionanthus pygmaeus USBG.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Chionanthus pygmaeus''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Lamiales]]
| familia = [[Oleaceae]]
| genus = '''''Chionanthus'''''
| genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision = See text
}}

'''''Chionanthus''''' (syn. ''Linociera'' Sw.) is a [[genus]] of about 80 species of [[flowering plant]]s in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Oleaceae]].

[[Image:Chionanthus virginicus USDA.jpg|left|thumb|''Chionanthus virginicus'' flowers]]
The genus has a wide distribution primarily in the tropics and subtropics, but with two species extending north into temperate regions, one (''C. retusus'') in eastern [[Asia]] and one (''C. virginicus'') in eastern [[North America]]. Most of the tropical species are [[evergreen]], while the two temperate species are [[deciduous]]; some botanists restrict ''Chionanthus'' to the two deciduous, temperate species, treating the evergreen species in a separate genus ''Linociera'', but apart from leaf persistence, there is no other consistent difference between them (''Flora of China'').

They are [[shrub]]s and small to medium-sized [[tree]]s growing to 3-25 m tall. The [[leaf|leaves]] are opposite, simple. The [[flower]]s are produced in feathery [[panicle]]s, with a [[corolla]] subdivided into four slender lobes; they are white, pale yellow, or tinged pink. The [[fruit]] is a [[drupe]] containing a single [[seed]].

;Selected species:
*''[[Chionanthus axillaris]]'' R.Br. [[Australia]] ([[Queensland]]).
*''[[Chionanthus axilliflorus]]'' (Griseb.) Stearn. [[Caribbean]].
*''[[Chionanthus brachythyrsus]]'' (Merrill) P.S.Green. Southern [[China]] ([[Hainan]]), [[Vietnam]].
*''[[Chionanthus caudatus]]'' (Collett & Hemsley) Bahadur & Gaur. [[Myanmar]].
*''[[Chionanthus compactus]]'' Sw. Caribbean.
*''[[Chionanthus domingensis]]'' Lam. Caribbean.
*''[[Chionanthus foveolatus]]'' (E.Mey.) Stearn ('''Pock Ironwood'''). Southern [[Africa]].
*''[[Chionanthus guangxiensis]]'' B.M.Miao. Southeastern China ([[Guangxi]]).
*''[[Chionanthus hainanensis]]'' (Merrill & Chun) B.M.Miao. Southern China ([[Hainan]]).
*''[[Chionanthus henryanus]]'' P.S.Green. Southwestern China, Myanmar.
*''[[Chionanthus holdridgei]]'' (Camp & Monachino) Stearn. Caribbean.
*''[[Chionanthus intermedius]]'' (Wight) F.Muell. [[India]].
*''[[Chionanthus ligustrinus]]'' (Sw.) Pers. Caribbean.
*''[[Chionanthus longiflorus]]'' (H.L.Li) B.M.Miao. Southwestern China (Yunnan).
*''[[Chionanthus picrophloia]]'' F.Muell. Australia (Queensland).
*''[[Chionanthus pubescens]]'' Kunth. [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]].
*''[[Chionanthus pygmaeus]]'' Small ('''Pygmy Fringetree'''). Southeastern [[United States]] ([[Florida]]).
*''[[Chionanthus quadristamineus]]'' F.Muell. Australia ([[Norfolk Island]]).
*''[[Chionanthus ramiflorus]]'' Roxburgh. Australia (Queensland), southern China, India, [[Nepal]], Vietnam.
*''[[Chionanthus retusus]]'' Lindley & Paxton ('''Chinese Fringetree'''). China, [[Japan]], [[Korea]].
*''[[Chionanthus sleumeri]]'' (C.T.White) Stearn. Australia (Queensland).
*''[[Chionanthus virginicus]]'' L. ('''White Fringetree'''). Eastern [[United States]].

==External links==
*[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?2476 Germplasm Resources Information Network: ''Chionanthus'']
*[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=106706 Flora of China: ''Chionanthus'']
*{{APNI | name = Chionanthus | id = 10413}}
*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CHION USDA Plants Profile: ''Chionanthus'']
*[http://www.up.ac.za/academic/botany/garden/species/116.html University of Pretoria: ''Chionanthus foveolatus'']

[[Category:Oleaceae]]

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		+	Chionanthus (Greek for snow and flower; alluding to the abundance of snow-white fls.). Oleaceae. Fringe Tree. Woody plants grown for their profusely produced white flowers.
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		+	Shrubs or low trees, with deciduous, opposite and entire lvs.: fls. in loose panicles from lateral buds at the end of last year's branches, white, dioecious or only functionally dioecious; calyx 4-cleft; corolla divided nearly to the base in 4 narrow petals; stamens 2, short; ovary superior, 2-celled; style very short with a 2- lobed stigma: fr. a 1-seeded oval drupe.—Two species in E. N. Amer. and China. Ornamental shrubs, with large, dark green foliage, and very showy white fls. in early summer. The American species is almost hardy N., but requires a somewhat sheltered position; the Chinese may be more tender, but has proved hardy at the Arnold Arboretum. They thrive best in a somewhat moist and sandy loam, and in a sunny position. Prop. by seeds sown in fall or stratified; increased also by layers and by grafting under glass or budding in the open air on ash seedlings (in Europe, Fraxinus Ornus is preferred); sometimes by cuttings from forced plants in early spring.
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 {{Inc|
 Chionanthus (Greek for snow and flower; alluding to the abundance of snow-white fls.). Oleaceae. Fringe Tree. Woody plants grown for their profusely produced white flowers.
 Shrubs or low trees, with deciduous, opposite and entire lvs.: fls. in loose panicles from lateral buds at the end of last year's branches, white, dioecious or only functionally dioecious; calyx 4-cleft; corolla divided nearly to the base in 4 narrow petals; stamens 2, short; ovary superior, 2-celled; style very short with a 2- lobed stigma: fr. a 1-seeded oval drupe.—Two species in E. N. Amer. and China. Ornamental shrubs, with large, dark green foliage, and very showy white fls. in early summer. The American species is almost hardy N., but requires a somewhat sheltered position; the Chinese may be more tender, but has proved hardy at the Arnold Arboretum. They thrive best in a somewhat moist and sandy loam, and in a sunny position. Prop. by seeds sown in fall or stratified; increased also by layers and by grafting under glass or budding in the open air on ash seedlings (in Europe, Fraxinus Ornus is preferred); sometimes by cuttings from forced plants in early spring.
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-'''''Chionanthus''''' (syn. ''Linociera'' Sw.) is a [[genus]] of about 80 species of [[flowering plant]]s in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Oleaceae]].
+==Cultivation==
-[[Image:Chionanthus virginicus USDA.jpg|left|thumb|''Chionanthus virginicus'' flowers]]
+===Propagation===
-The genus has a wide distribution primarily in the tropics and subtropics, but with two species extending north into temperate regions, one (''C. retusus'') in eastern [[Asia]] and one (''C. virginicus'') in eastern [[North America]]. Most of the tropical species are [[evergreen]], while the two temperate species are [[deciduous]]; some botanists restrict ''Chionanthus'' to the two deciduous, temperate species, treating the evergreen species in a separate genus ''Linociera'', but apart from leaf persistence, there is no other consistent difference between them (''Flora of China'').
+{{edit-prop}}<!--- Type propagation info below this line, then delete this entire line -->
-They are [[shrub]]s and small to medium-sized [[tree]]s growing to 3-25 m tall. The [[leaf|leaves]] are opposite, simple. The [[flower]]s are produced in feathery [[panicle]]s, with a [[corolla]] subdivided into four slender lobes; they are white, pale yellow, or tinged pink. The [[fruit]] is a [[drupe]] containing a single [[seed]].
+===Pests and diseases===
 ;Selected species:
 *''[[Chionanthus axillaris]]'' R.Br. [[Australia]] ([[Queensland]]).
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 *''[[Chionanthus sleumeri]]'' (C.T.White) Stearn. Australia (Queensland).
 *''[[Chionanthus virginicus]]'' L. ('''White Fringetree'''). Eastern [[United States]].
 ==External links==
-*[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?2476 Germplasm Resources Information Network: ''Chionanthus'']
+*{{wplink}}
-*[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=106706 Flora of China: ''Chionanthus'']
-*{{APNI | name = Chionanthus | id = 10413}}
+{{stub}}
-*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CHION USDA Plants Profile: ''Chionanthus'']
+[[Category:Categorize]]
-[[Category:Oleaceae]]
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