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| name = ''Leycesteria''
 
| name = ''Leycesteria''
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| color = IndianRed
 
| image = Leycesteria formosa.jpg
 
| image = Leycesteria formosa.jpg
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| image_caption = ''Leycesteria formosa''
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| image_caption = Leycesteria formosa
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
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| regnum = Plantae
| divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
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| divisio = Magnoliophyta
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
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| classis = Magnoliopsida
| ordo = [[Dipsacales]]
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| ordo = Dipsacales
| familia = [[Caprifoliaceae]]
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| familia = Caprifoliaceae
| genus = '''''Leycesteria'''''
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| genus = Leycesteria
| genus_authority = [[Nathaniel Wallich|Wall.]]
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Leycesteria (Wm. Leycester, judge in Bengal). Including Pentapyxis. Caprifoliaceae. Himalayan and Chinese small shrubs with whorled small flowers, suitable for mild climates.
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Deciduous: leaves opposite, simple, the stipules very small or none: flowers in erect or drooping verticillate leafy-bracted spikes; calyx persistent, unequally 5-lobed; corolla funnelform, nearly equally 5-lobed and swollen at the base; stamens 5, on the corolla-tube; ovary 5-8-celled, the stigma capitate: fruits a berry, sometimes eaten by birds. -Species about 4, only one of which appears to be in the trade; propogation by seeds and by cuttings. The genus is allied to Lonicera, from which it differs in its nearly regular corolla, and fruits with more locules; and to Diervilla, which differs in 2-loculed caps.
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==Cultivation==
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==Species==
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''[[Leycesteria crocothyrsos]]''<br/>
 
''[[Leycesteria crocothyrsos]]''<br/>
 
''[[Leycesteria formosa]]''<br/>
 
''[[Leycesteria formosa]]''<br/>
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''[[Leycesteria stipulata]]''<br/>
 
''[[Leycesteria stipulata]]''<br/>
 
''[[Leycesteria thibetica]]''
 
''[[Leycesteria thibetica]]''
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'''''Leycesteria''''' is a [[genus (biology)|genus]] of [[flowering plant]]s in the [[honeysuckle]] family [[Caprifoliaceae]], native to temperate [[Asia]] in the [[Himalaya]] and southwestern [[China]].
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It contains six or seven species of [[shrub]]s with short-lived stems with soft wood, growing to 1-2.5 m tall. One species, ''[[Leycesteria formosa]]'' (Himalayan Honeysuckle or Flowering Nutmeg), is a popular garden shrub in Britain.
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==References==
 
==References==
*[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=3&taxon_id=118484 Flora of China: species list]
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
*[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=118484 Flora of Nepal: species list]
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
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Latest revision as of 17:42, 13 July 2009


Leycesteria formosa


Plant Characteristics
Origin: ?
Cultivation
Exposure: ?"?" is not in the list (sun, part-sun, shade, unknown) of allowed values for the "Exposure" property.
Water: ?"?" is not in the list (wet, moist, moderate, dry, less when dormant) of allowed values for the "Water" property.
Scientific Names

Caprifoliaceae >

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Read about Leycesteria in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Leycesteria (Wm. Leycester, judge in Bengal). Including Pentapyxis. Caprifoliaceae. Himalayan and Chinese small shrubs with whorled small flowers, suitable for mild climates.

Deciduous: leaves opposite, simple, the stipules very small or none: flowers in erect or drooping verticillate leafy-bracted spikes; calyx persistent, unequally 5-lobed; corolla funnelform, nearly equally 5-lobed and swollen at the base; stamens 5, on the corolla-tube; ovary 5-8-celled, the stigma capitate: fruits a berry, sometimes eaten by birds. -Species about 4, only one of which appears to be in the trade; propogation by seeds and by cuttings. The genus is allied to Lonicera, from which it differs in its nearly regular corolla, and fruits with more locules; and to Diervilla, which differs in 2-loculed caps. CH


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Species

Specieswp: Leycesteria crocothyrsos
Leycesteria formosa
Leycesteria glaucophylla
Leycesteria gracilis
Leycesteria sinensis
Leycesteria stipulata
Leycesteria thibetica

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