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==Selected species==
 
==Selected species==
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| A. chinensis (syn. A. rupestris)
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| Chinese abelia
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| width = 175 |  USDA Zones 7-9
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| width = 120 |  Sunset Zones
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| width = 100 |  ↕ 5 ft (1.5m)
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| width = 100 | ↔ 8ft (2.5m)
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|-
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| colspan=6 | Spreading, deciduous shrub with ovate, glossy, dark green leaves, to 1. 1/2 in (4cm) long. From summer to autumn, bears terminal panicles of fragrant, funnel-shaped, pink-tinged white flowers, 1/4 in (6mm) long, with 5-lobed pink calyces. China.
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|- style="background:grey; color:white"
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| A. schumannii
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|
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| width = 175 |  USDA Zones 7-9
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| width = 120 |  Sunset Zones
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| width = 100 |  ↕ 16ft (2m)
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| width = 100 |  ↔ 10ft (3m)
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|-
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| colspan=6 | Deciduous shrub with arching shoots and ovate, mid-green leaves, bronze when young, to 1 1/4 in (3cm) long. Funnel-shaped, slightly scented, orange-marked, lilac-pink flowers, 1 in (2.5cm) long, with 2-lobed, pinkish green calyces, are produced singly or in axillary cymes, from lare summer to autumn. C. China.
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{|
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|- style="background:grey; color:white"
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| A. triflora
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|
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| width = 175 |  USDA Zones 7-9
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| width = 120 |  Sunset Zones
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| width = 100 |  ↕ 15ft (5m) or >
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| width = 100 |  ↔ 10ft (3m)
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| rowspan=2 width=150 style="background:none" | [[Image:Abeliarandiflora1web.jpg|noframe|150px|right|Abelia]]
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| colspan=6 | Large shrub or small tree, vigorous and erect in habit, with deeply ridged bark and deciduous, ovate, dark green leaves, to 3in (8cm) long. Small, very fragrant, pink-tinged white flowers, 1/2 in (1.5cm) long, with 5-lobed, bronze-red, narrowly segmented calyces, are produced in threes from the upper leaf axils, in clusters to 2in (5cm) across, in summer. N.W. Himalayas .
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