Leycesteria
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| Leycesteria | |
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| Leycesteria formosa | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Dipsacales |
| Family: | Caprifoliaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caprifolioideae |
| Genus: | Leycesteria Wall. (1824) |
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Leycesteria is a genus of flowering plants in the honeysuckle family Caprifoliaceae. It includes seven species native to the Himalayas of northern Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, and Tibet, and to Myanmar and southwestern China.[1]
The species are shrubs with short-lived stems with soft wood, growing to 1–2.5 m tall. One species, Leycesteria formosa (Himalayan honeysuckle or flowering nutmeg), is a popular garden shrub in Britain.
Leycesteria was named for William Leycester, a horticulturist in Bengal in about 1820.[2]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b Leycesteria Wall. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
- ^ The Names of Plants, D. Gledhill, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, Uk. rep. 1994. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).. p128
- Flora of China: species list Archived 2006-06-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Flora of Nepal: species list
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