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Akebia

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Akebia is a genus of five species of flowering plant, within the family Lardizabalaceae.

Species

Five-leaf akebia

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderRanunculales
  5. FamilyLardizabalaceae
Native toChina North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Japan, Korea, Taiwan
Observations5,493
Observations recorded19,933

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
55
With media
44
Family
Lardizabalaceae
Collections
US, YPM, RSA, MO, UCSB, USCH
Recorded in
China, Japan, United States, Vietnam, India

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Encyclopedic overview

9 sections
Contents
  • Taxonomy
  • Species
  • Hybrids
  • Fruit
  • ''Akebia'' in Japan
  • Gallery
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

Akebia is a genus of five species of flowering plant, within the family Lardizabalaceae.

Akebia quinata is the most well known species as a minor invader in the majority of the American East Coast and some states in the West Coast.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Akebia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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