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Corylopsis

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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.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderSaxifragales
  5. FamilyHamamelidaceae
Native toAssam, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Taiwan, Tibet
Observations recorded9,406

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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Museum specimens

Specimen records
87
With media
64
Family
Hamamelidaceae
Collections
USNM, A, MOAR, NY, UF, MEL
Recorded in
United States, China, Japan, India

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Hamamelidaceae
Image
Corylopsis spicata1.jpg
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taxon rank
genus
taxon name
Corylopsis
Commons category
Corylopsis
topic's main category
Category:Corylopsis
taxon common name
蜡瓣花属
has fruit type
capsule
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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Species
  • Cultivation and uses
  • References

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.

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

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