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| name = ''Chionanthus''
 
| name = ''Chionanthus''
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| color = IndianRed
 
| image = Chionanthus pygmaeus USBG.jpg
 
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| image_caption = ''Chionanthus pygmaeus''
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| image_caption = Chionanthus pygmaeus
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| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
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| regnum = Plantae
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| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
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| divisio = Magnoliophyta
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| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
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| classis = Magnoliopsida
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| ordo = [[Lamiales]]
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| ordo = Lamiales
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| familia = [[Oleaceae]]
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| familia = Oleaceae
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| genus = '''''Chionanthus'''''
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| genus = Chionanthus
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| genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
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[[Image:Chionanthus virginicus USDA.jpg|left|thumb|''Chionanthus virginicus'' flowers]]
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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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'''''Chionanthus''''' (syn. ''Linociera'' Sw.) is a [[genus]] of about 80 species of [[flowering plant]]s in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Oleaceae]].
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==Cultivation==
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[[Image:Chionanthus virginicus USDA.jpg|left|thumb|''Chionanthus virginicus'' flowers]]
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===Propagation===
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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'').
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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]].
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==Species==
 
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*''[[Chionanthus axillaris]]'' R.Br. [[Australia]] ([[Queensland]]).
 
*''[[Chionanthus axillaris]]'' R.Br. [[Australia]] ([[Queensland]]).
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*''[[Chionanthus sleumeri]]'' (C.T.White) Stearn. Australia (Queensland).
 
*''[[Chionanthus sleumeri]]'' (C.T.White) Stearn. Australia (Queensland).
 
*''[[Chionanthus virginicus]]'' L. ('''White Fringetree'''). Eastern [[United States]].
 
*''[[Chionanthus virginicus]]'' L. ('''White Fringetree'''). Eastern [[United States]].
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==Gallery==
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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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  -->
  
 
==External links==
 
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*[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?2476 Germplasm Resources Information Network: ''Chionanthus'']
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*[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=106706 Flora of China: ''Chionanthus'']
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*{{APNI | name = Chionanthus | id = 10413}}
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*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CHION USDA Plants Profile: ''Chionanthus'']
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*[http://www.up.ac.za/academic/botany/garden/species/116.html University of Pretoria: ''Chionanthus foveolatus'']  
 
  
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Latest revision as of 22:30, 17 July 2009


Chionanthus pygmaeus


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

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Read about Chionanthus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 
Chionanthus virginicus flowers

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. CH


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