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Philadelphus
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Philadelphus () (mock-orange) is a genus of about 60 species of shrubs from 3–20 ft (1–6 m) tall, native to North America, Central America, Asia and (locally) in southeast Europe.
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Philadelphus is a genus of upright shrub plants within the family Hydrangeaceae. It belongs to the order Cornales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta in the kingdom Plantae. The genus is commonly known as mock orange, Pfeifensträucher, Mock-oranges, and Jasmikkeet. Its taxonomic type is Philadelphus coronarius, and it produces fruit in the form of capsules.
The genus comprises approximately 75 species distributed across the North Temperate Zone. Records indicate occurrences in Mexico, the United States, and China. The genus has been documented in various collections, including those at INECOL, UCMP, TEX, UNLV, and FC-UNAM.
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderCornales
- FamilyHydrangeaceae
山梅花属（学名：Philadelphus）是绣球科下的一个属，为直立灌木植物。该属共有约75种，分布于北温带。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,690
- With media
- 1,425
- Family
- Hydrangeaceae
- Collections
- INECOL, UCMP, TEX, UNLV, FC-UNAM, GH
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, China
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- Philadelphus satsumi2.jpg
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- taxon name
- Philadelphus
- topic's main category
- Category:Philadelphus
- taxon common name
- skobotovec
- has fruit type
- capsule
- taxonomic type
- Philadelphus coronarius
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Description
- Ecology
- Cultivation
- AGM cultivars
- In culture
- Selected species
- Asia
- Europe
- North America
- Pancontinental hybrids
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Philadelphus () (mock-orange) is a genus of about 60 species of shrubs from 3–20 ft (1–6 m) tall, native to North America, Central America, Asia and (locally) in southeast Europe.
They are named "mock-orange" in reference to their flowers, which in wild species look somewhat similar to those of oranges and lemons (Citrus) at first glance, and smell of orange flowers and jasmine (Jasminum). But Philadelphus is a basal asterid, not closely related to Jasminum (advanced asterids), and among the eudicots quite distant from Citrus (advanced rosids). An entirely misleading name for Philadelphus that is sometimes encountered is syringa; this properly refers to the lilacs, which are fairly close relatives of jasmine. The connection of the two shrubs lies in their introduction from Ottoman gardens to European ones, effected at the same time by the Holy Roman emperor's ambassador to the Sublime Porte, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, who returned to Vienna in 1562. The two shrubs appear together in John Gerard's Herball, as "Blew Pipe" (the lilac) and "White Pipe Tree", for the woods of both are pithy and easily hollowed out.
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