Exochorda Lindley (Q4496)

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Exochorda is a taxon with the rank genus within the tribe Exochordeae
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Exochorda Lindley
Exochorda is a taxon with the rank genus within the tribe Exochordeae

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    taxon/id/Exochorda Lindley
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    Exochorda Lindley
    Exochorda
    Lindley
    FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 9: Magnoliophyta: Picramniaceae to Rosaceae. Oxford University Press, New York.
    accepted
    pearlbrush (English)
    exochorde (French)
    Pearlbrush (English)
    also in Europe
    Australia
    Shrubs, to 30 (–50) dm.
    Stems 1–20+, spreading to erect;
    bark brown to gray-brown on branches, not exfoliating;
    glabrous or sparsely hairy in early season.
    Leaves deciduous, cauline, alternate;
    stipules usually absent;
    petiole present, sometimes relatively short;
    blade elliptic or oblong to oblong-obovate, 1.5–4.4 (–6) [–9] cm, membranous, margins flat, entire or serrate in distal 1/2, surfaces glabrous or hairy.
    Inflorescences terminal, 4–10-flowered, racemes, axes glabrous or sparsely hairy prior to expansion of flowers;
    bracteoles present.
    Pedicels present.
    Flowers bisexual (plants synoecious), appearing with leaves, 25–50 mm diam.;
    hypanthium shallowly campanulate to obturbinate, 3.5–4.2 mm, glabrous;
    sepals 5, ascending, triangular to broad-triangular or semiorbiculate;
    petals 5, white, [oblong] obovate to suborbiculate, base clawed;
    stamens 15–20 [–30], shorter than petals;
    carpels 5, connate, glabrous, styles 5;
    Fruits capsules, semicircular in outline, shorter than wide or as tall as wide in side view, 6–10 [–15] mm, glabrous;
    hypanthium not persistent;
    sepals not persistent.