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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Chionanthus''
| image = Chionanthus pygmaeus USBG.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Chionanthus pygmaeus''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Lamiales]]
| familia = [[Oleaceae]]
| genus = '''''Chionanthus'''''
| genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision = See text
}}
'''''Chionanthus''''' (syn. ''Linociera'' Sw.) is a [[genus]] of about 80 species of [[flowering plant]]s in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Oleaceae]].
[[Image:Chionanthus virginicus USDA.jpg|left|thumb|''Chionanthus virginicus'' flowers]]
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'').
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]].
;Selected species:
*''[[Chionanthus axillaris]]'' R.Br. [[Australia]] ([[Queensland]]).
*''[[Chionanthus axilliflorus]]'' (Griseb.) Stearn. [[Caribbean]].
*''[[Chionanthus brachythyrsus]]'' (Merrill) P.S.Green. Southern [[China]] ([[Hainan]]), [[Vietnam]].
*''[[Chionanthus caudatus]]'' (Collett & Hemsley) Bahadur & Gaur. [[Myanmar]].
*''[[Chionanthus compactus]]'' Sw. Caribbean.
*''[[Chionanthus domingensis]]'' Lam. Caribbean.
*''[[Chionanthus foveolatus]]'' (E.Mey.) Stearn ('''Pock Ironwood'''). Southern [[Africa]].
*''[[Chionanthus guangxiensis]]'' B.M.Miao. Southeastern China ([[Guangxi]]).
*''[[Chionanthus hainanensis]]'' (Merrill & Chun) B.M.Miao. Southern China ([[Hainan]]).
*''[[Chionanthus henryanus]]'' P.S.Green. Southwestern China, Myanmar.
*''[[Chionanthus holdridgei]]'' (Camp & Monachino) Stearn. Caribbean.
*''[[Chionanthus intermedius]]'' (Wight) F.Muell. [[India]].
*''[[Chionanthus ligustrinus]]'' (Sw.) Pers. Caribbean.
*''[[Chionanthus longiflorus]]'' (H.L.Li) B.M.Miao. Southwestern China (Yunnan).
*''[[Chionanthus picrophloia]]'' F.Muell. Australia (Queensland).
*''[[Chionanthus pubescens]]'' Kunth. [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]].
*''[[Chionanthus pygmaeus]]'' Small ('''Pygmy Fringetree'''). Southeastern [[United States]] ([[Florida]]).
*''[[Chionanthus quadristamineus]]'' F.Muell. Australia ([[Norfolk Island]]).
*''[[Chionanthus ramiflorus]]'' Roxburgh. Australia (Queensland), southern China, India, [[Nepal]], Vietnam.
*''[[Chionanthus retusus]]'' Lindley & Paxton ('''Chinese Fringetree'''). China, [[Japan]], [[Korea]].
*''[[Chionanthus sleumeri]]'' (C.T.White) Stearn. Australia (Queensland).
*''[[Chionanthus virginicus]]'' L. ('''White Fringetree'''). Eastern [[United States]].
==External links==
*[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?2476 Germplasm Resources Information Network: ''Chionanthus'']
*[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=106706 Flora of China: ''Chionanthus'']
*{{APNI | name = Chionanthus | id = 10413}}
*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CHION USDA Plants Profile: ''Chionanthus'']
*[http://www.up.ac.za/academic/botany/garden/species/116.html University of Pretoria: ''Chionanthus foveolatus'']
[[Category:Oleaceae]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Chionanthus''
| image = Chionanthus pygmaeus USBG.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Chionanthus pygmaeus''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Lamiales]]
| familia = [[Oleaceae]]
| genus = '''''Chionanthus'''''
| genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision = See text
}}
'''''Chionanthus''''' (syn. ''Linociera'' Sw.) is a [[genus]] of about 80 species of [[flowering plant]]s in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Oleaceae]].
[[Image:Chionanthus virginicus USDA.jpg|left|thumb|''Chionanthus virginicus'' flowers]]
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'').
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]].
;Selected species:
*''[[Chionanthus axillaris]]'' R.Br. [[Australia]] ([[Queensland]]).
*''[[Chionanthus axilliflorus]]'' (Griseb.) Stearn. [[Caribbean]].
*''[[Chionanthus brachythyrsus]]'' (Merrill) P.S.Green. Southern [[China]] ([[Hainan]]), [[Vietnam]].
*''[[Chionanthus caudatus]]'' (Collett & Hemsley) Bahadur & Gaur. [[Myanmar]].
*''[[Chionanthus compactus]]'' Sw. Caribbean.
*''[[Chionanthus domingensis]]'' Lam. Caribbean.
*''[[Chionanthus foveolatus]]'' (E.Mey.) Stearn ('''Pock Ironwood'''). Southern [[Africa]].
*''[[Chionanthus guangxiensis]]'' B.M.Miao. Southeastern China ([[Guangxi]]).
*''[[Chionanthus hainanensis]]'' (Merrill & Chun) B.M.Miao. Southern China ([[Hainan]]).
*''[[Chionanthus henryanus]]'' P.S.Green. Southwestern China, Myanmar.
*''[[Chionanthus holdridgei]]'' (Camp & Monachino) Stearn. Caribbean.
*''[[Chionanthus intermedius]]'' (Wight) F.Muell. [[India]].
*''[[Chionanthus ligustrinus]]'' (Sw.) Pers. Caribbean.
*''[[Chionanthus longiflorus]]'' (H.L.Li) B.M.Miao. Southwestern China (Yunnan).
*''[[Chionanthus picrophloia]]'' F.Muell. Australia (Queensland).
*''[[Chionanthus pubescens]]'' Kunth. [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]].
*''[[Chionanthus pygmaeus]]'' Small ('''Pygmy Fringetree'''). Southeastern [[United States]] ([[Florida]]).
*''[[Chionanthus quadristamineus]]'' F.Muell. Australia ([[Norfolk Island]]).
*''[[Chionanthus ramiflorus]]'' Roxburgh. Australia (Queensland), southern China, India, [[Nepal]], Vietnam.
*''[[Chionanthus retusus]]'' Lindley & Paxton ('''Chinese Fringetree'''). China, [[Japan]], [[Korea]].
*''[[Chionanthus sleumeri]]'' (C.T.White) Stearn. Australia (Queensland).
*''[[Chionanthus virginicus]]'' L. ('''White Fringetree'''). Eastern [[United States]].
==External links==
*[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?2476 Germplasm Resources Information Network: ''Chionanthus'']
*[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=106706 Flora of China: ''Chionanthus'']
*{{APNI | name = Chionanthus | id = 10413}}
*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CHION USDA Plants Profile: ''Chionanthus'']
*[http://www.up.ac.za/academic/botany/garden/species/116.html University of Pretoria: ''Chionanthus foveolatus'']
[[Category:Oleaceae]]