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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Abeliophyllum
| status = CR
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Lamiales]]
| familia = [[Oleaceae]]
| genus = '''''Abeliophyllum'''''
| genus_authority = [[Nakai]]
| species = '''''A. distichum'''''
| binomial = ''Abeliophyllum distichum''
| binomial_authority = Nakai
}}
'''''Abeliophyllum''''' ('''White Forsythia''') is a monotypic genus of [[flowering plant]]s, in the family [[Oleaceae]]. It consists of one species, '''''Abeliophyllum distichum''''' Nakai ('''Korean Abelialeaf'''), [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to [[Korea]], where it is [[endangered species|endangered]] in the wild, occurring at only seven sites. It is related to ''[[Forsythia]]'', but differs in having white, not yellow, flowers.
It is a [[deciduous]] [[shrub]] growing to 1-2 m tall. The [[leaf|leaves]] are opposite, simple, 6-10 cm long and 3-4.5 cm wide, pubescent both above and below. The [[flower]]s are produced in early spring before the new leaves appear; they are white, about 1 cm long, with a four-lobed [[corolla]]. The [[fruit]] is a round, winged [[Samara (fruit)|samara]] 2-3 cm diameter.
It is cultivated as an [[ornamental plant]] in Europe and North America.
==References==
*Kim, Y. S. & Maunder, M. (1998). Plants in Peril 24: Abeliophyllum distichum. ''Curtis's Botanical Magazine'' 15 (2): 141-146 (available [http://ynucc.yeungnam.ac.kr/~llape/maunder.htm online]).
*[http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/potd/2006/02/abeliophyllum_distichum.php University of British Columbia Botanical Gardens: ''Abeliophyllum distichum'']
[[Category:Oleaceae]]
[[Category:Flora of Korea]]
[[Category:Garden plants]]