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Fontanesia
Sign in to saveFontanesia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae, usually treated as comprising a single species Fontanesia phillyreoides, though some authors split this into two species (see below). It is native to southern Europe (Sicily), southwestern Asia (Lebanon, Syria, Turkey) and eastern Asia (China), with two well-separated populations.
Species
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GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderLamiales
- FamilyOleaceae
雪柳属（学名：Fontanesia）是木犀科下的一个属，为落叶灌木植物。该属共有2种，分布于西西里和西亚。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 25
- With media
- 14
- Family
- Oleaceae
- Collections
- VT, TAES, ID, JBRJ, NCU, BRIT
- Recorded in
- China, United States, Brasil, Lebanon
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Encyclopedic overview
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Fontanesia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae, usually treated as comprising a single species Fontanesia phillyreoides, though some authors split this into two species (see below). It is native to southern Europe (Sicily), southwestern Asia (Lebanon, Syria, Turkey) and eastern Asia (China), with two well-separated populations.
It is a deciduous shrub growing to 8 m tall. The leaves are opposite, lanceolate to narrow ovate, 3–12 cm long and 8–26 mm broad, with an acute apex and a usually entire margin, sometimes finely serrated. The flowers are white, with a deeply four-lobed corolla; they are produced in panicles 2–6 cm long. The fruit is a flat samara, surrounded by a wing.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fontanesia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.