Distylium

ExpandRead about Distylium in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Distylium (Greek, dis, twice, stylos, style; in reference to the two slender styles), Hamamelidaceae. Ornamental woody plants grown for their handsome evergreen foliage. Evergreen trees or shrubs: lvs. alternate, short- petioled, entire, or dentate, penninerved; stipules deciduous: fls. polygamous or dioecious, apetalous, in axillary racemes, subtended by small bracts; sepals 1-5, or wanting; stamens 2-8 with short filaments; pistillate fls. with a superior stellate-tomentose ovary, with 2 slender styles, with several stamens or without stamens: fr. a woody dehiscent caps., 2-celled, with 1 seed in each cell.—Six species hi Japan, China, Himalayas and Java. Hardy only in warmer temperate regions. Prop, is by seeds and layers. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Saxifragales Family: Hamamelidaceae Genus: Distylium Siebold & Zucc.
Species
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Distylium (Winter-hazel) is a genus of about 18 species of evergreen shrubs and trees in the witch hazel family Hamamelidaceae, native to eastern and southeastern Asia.

Selected species

• Distylium buxifolium - China
• Distylium chinense - China
• Distylium chungii - China
• Distylium cuspidatum - China
• Distylium dunnianum - China
• Distylium elaeagnoides - China
• Distylium gracile - China
• Distylium macrophyllum - China
• Distylium myricoides - China
• Distylium pingpienense - China
• Distylium racemosum - tree up to 20m; China, Korea, Japan (Ryukyu Islands), Taiwan
• Distylium tsiangii - China

References

• Flora of China: Distylium

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