Sinowilsonia

Read about Sinowilsonia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Sinowilsonia (for Ernest Henry Wilson, who collected extensively m China during 1900-1910 and intro. numerous new plants into cult.). Hamamelidaceae. A deciduous tree similar in foliage to Hamamelis, but in its fls. more closely related to Corylopsis, from which it is chiefly distinguished by the unisexual, apetalous fls., and the tubular-urceolate calyx-tube: fls. in pendulous racemes; tube of the calyx urceolate, inclosing the ovary, with obovate-spatulate lobes; petals wanting; the pistillate fls. with 5 staminodes opposite to the sepals; ovary with 2 long and slender styles: fr. a dehiscent 2-seeded woody caps. The only species is S. Henryi, Hemsl. Shrub or tree, to 25 ft., more or less stellate- pubescent: lvs. short-petioled, membranous, broadly obovate to elliptic, acute or short-acuminate, denticulate, 4-6 in. long: calyx-tube yellowish, stellate-tomentose, nearly 1/4 in. long: caps. sessile, nearly 1/2 in. long; seeds black. May. Cent. and W. China. H.I. 29:2817. —Botanically interesting, but without particular ornamental qualities; has proved hardy at the Arnold Arboretum. Prop. is by seeds and probably by layers and by grafting on hamamelis. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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Plant Info
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Tracheophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Hamamelidales Family: Hamamelidaceae Genus: Sinowilsonia

Sinowilsonia is a genus of plant in family Hamamelidaceae. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete):

• Sinowilsonia henryi, Hemsley