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{{SPlantbox

| color = lightgreen

|familia=Oleaceae

| name = Abeliophyllum

|genus=Abeliophyllum

| status = CR

|species=distichum

| regnum = [[Plant]]ae

|common_name=Korean Abelialeaf, White Forsythia

| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]

|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]

|habit=shrub

| ordo = [[Lamiales]]

|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

| familia = [[Oleaceae]]

|Max ht box=3

| genus = '''''Abeliophyllum'''''

|Max ht metric=ft

| genus_authority = [[Nakai]]

|height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

| species = '''''A. distichum'''''

| binomial = ''Abeliophyllum distichum''

| binomial_authority = Nakai

|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

|life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

|flower_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

|min_zone=5

|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

|image=Abeliophyllum-distichum.jpg

|image_width=240

}}

}}

 

'''''Abeliophyllum distichum''''' ('''White Forsythia''', '''Korean Abelialeaf''') is the only species in it's genus of [[flowering plant]]s, in the family [[Oleaceae]]. It is [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to [[Korea]], where it is [[endangered species|endangered]] in the wild, occurring at only seven sites. It is related to ''[[Forsythia]]'', but differs in having white, not yellow, flowers.

'''''Abeliophyllum''''' ('''White Forsythia''') is a monotypic genus of [[flowering plant]]s, in the family [[Oleaceae]]. It consists of one species, '''''Abeliophyllum distichum''''' Nakai ('''Korean Abelialeaf'''), [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to [[Korea]], where it is [[endangered species|endangered]] in the wild, occurring at only seven sites. It is related to ''[[Forsythia]]'', but differs in having white, not yellow, flowers.

It is a [[deciduous]] [[shrub]] growing to 1-2 m tall. The [[leaf|leaves]] are opposite, simple, 6-10 cm long and 3-4.5 cm wide, pubescent both above and below. The [[flower]]s are produced in early spring before the new leaves appear; they are white, about 1 cm long, with a four-lobed [[corolla]]. The [[fruit]] is a round, winged [[Samara (fruit)|samara]] 2-3 cm diameter.

It is a [[deciduous]] [[shrub]] growing to 1-2 m tall. The [[leaf|leaves]] are opposite, simple, 6-10 cm long and 3-4.5 cm wide, pubescent both above and below. The [[flower]]s are produced in early spring before the new leaves appear; they are white, about 1 cm long, with a four-lobed [[corolla]]. The [[fruit]] is a round, winged [[Samara (fruit)|samara]] 2-3 cm diameter.

It is cultivated as an [[ornamental plant]] in Europe and North America.

It is cultivated as an [[ornamental plant]] in Europe and North America.

==References==

==References==

*Kim, Y. S. & Maunder, M. (1998). Plants in Peril 24: Abeliophyllum distichum. ''Curtis's Botanical Magazine'' 15 (2): 141-146 (available [http://ynucc.yeungnam.ac.kr/~llape/maunder.htm online]).

*Kim, Y. S. & Maunder, M. (1998). Plants in Peril 24: Abeliophyllum distichum. ''Curtis's Botanical Magazine'' 15 (2): 141-146 (available [http://ynucc.yeungnam.ac.kr/~llape/maunder.htm online]).

*[http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/potd/2006/02/abeliophyllum_distichum.php University of British Columbia Botanical Gardens: ''Abeliophyllum distichum'']

*[http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/potd/2006/02/abeliophyllum_distichum.php University of British Columbia Botanical Gardens: ''Abeliophyllum distichum'']