Corylopsis
Sign in to saveCorylopsis is a genus of 25 species of shrubs in the witch hazel family, Hamamelidaceae, native to eastern Asia with the majority of species endemic to China but with some also in Japan, Korea, and the Himalayas. This genus is also known from the extinct species Corylopsis reedae described from Eocene leaf fossils found in Washington State, USA.
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GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderSaxifragales
- FamilyHamamelidaceae
Native toAssam, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Taiwan, Tibet
Die Scheinhaseln oder Blumenhaseln (Corylopsis) sind eine Gattung von Sträuchern aus der Familie der Zaubernussgewächse. Ihren Namen haben sie aufgrund der Ähnlichkeit der Blätter und Blütenstände mit denen der Haseln. Die etwa 30 Arten der Gattung findet man in Japan, Indien, Korea, China und im Himalaya.
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Corylopsis is a genus of 25 species of shrubs in the witch hazel family, Hamamelidaceae, native to eastern Asia with the majority of species endemic to China but with some also in Japan, Korea, and the Himalayas. This genus is also known from the extinct species Corylopsis reedae described from Eocene leaf fossils found in Washington State, USA.
They grow to tall, often with a crown wider than the shrub's height. The leaves are ovate with an acute apex and a serrated margin, long and broad. The flowers are produced in late winter in pendulous racemes long with 5-30 flowers; each flower has five pale yellow petals, 4–9 mm long. The fruit is a dry capsule 10–12 mm long, containing two glossy black seeds.