Enkianthus chinensis
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Enkianthus chinensis is a plant from the genus of Enkianthus ( Enkianthus ) in the family of the Ericaceae (Ericaceae). It is native to China.
description
Appearance and foliage leaf
Enkianthus chinensis grows as a deciduous shrub or small tree that can reach heights of 2.5 to 8 meters. The bark of the branches is bare.
The leaves standing together at the end of the branches are divided into a petiole and a leaf blade. The bald petiole is 0.5 to 1.5 inches long. The bald, simple, paper-like leaf blade is about 1.5 centimeters long and 1.5 to 2.5 centimeters wide-elliptical to oblong-elliptical. The leaf margin is serrated.
Inflorescence and flower
The flowering period extends from May to July. The bald or fluffy hairy, slender, umbellate or umbrella- shaped inflorescence contains 10 to 20 individual flowers on a 3 to 7 cm long rhachis . The bare or hairy flower stalks are thin and 1.5 to 3 inches long.
The hermaphrodite flowers are fivefold. The triangular sepals are hairless or finely ciliate and 2 to 3 millimeters long. The dark red and yellowish-orange-colored striped petals are 7 to 10 millimeters long and wide, bell-shaped fused with slightly bent back, mostly dark red corolla lobes. There are two circles with five stamens each. The flattened stamens are hairy downy. The upper ovary is glabrous and the style is glabrous or hairy.
fruit
The capsule fruit hanging from a clearly curved back and 1 to 3.5 centimeter long stalk is 4 to 7 millimeters long. The fruits ripen from July to September.
Occurrence
The natural range of Enkianthus chinensis is in China. There it includes the provinces of Anhui , Fujian , Guangdong , Guizhou , Guangxi , Hubei , Hunan , Jiangxi , Sichuan , Yunnan and Zhejiang .
Enkianthus chinensis mainly inhabits mixed forests, thickets and sunny mountain slopes and ridges. It can be found at altitudes from 900 to 3100 meters.
Systematics
The first description of Enkianthus chinensis by Adrien René Franchet was made in 1895 in the Journal de Botanique (Morot), 9, p 371. synonyms for Enkianthus chinensis Franchet include Bodinierella cavaleriei H.Lév. , Enkianthus brachyphyllus Franchet , Enkianthus cerasiflorus (H.Lév.) H.Lév. , Enkianthus leveilleanus Craib , Enkianthus rosthornii Diels , Enkianthus sinohimalaicus Craib and Zenobia cerasiflora H.Lév. .
use
Enkianthus chinensis is occasionally planted as an ornamental tree or shrub.
swell
- Fang Ruizheng (方 瑞 征), Peter F. Stevens: Ericaceae . Enkianthus. In: Wu Zheng-Yi, Peter H. Raven (Ed.): Flora of China . Apiaceae through Ericaceae. Volume 4. Science Press and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing and St. Louis 2005, ISBN 1-930723-41-5 , Enkianthus chinensis , pp. 244 (English, " Enkianthus chinensis - Online " - this work is online with the same text). (Sections Description and Systematics)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g Fang Ruizheng (方 瑞 征), Peter F. Stevens: Ericaceae . Enkianthus. In: Wu Zheng-Yi, Peter H. Raven (Ed.): Flora of China . Apiaceae through Ericaceae. Volume 4. Science Press and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing and St. Louis 2005, ISBN 1-930723-41-5 , Enkianthus chinensis , pp. 244 (English, " Enkianthus chinensis - Online " - this work is online with the same text).
- ↑ Enkianthus chinensis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved December 23, 2019.