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Abeliophyllum (White Forsythia) is a monotypic genus of flowering plants, in the family Oleaceae. The flowering plants or angiosperms ( Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta) are the most widespread group The Oleaceae, or olive family, is a Plant family containing 24 extant genera and around 600 Species of Mesophytic It consists of one species, Abeliophyllum distichum Nakai (Korean Abelialeaf), endemic to Korea, where it is endangered in the wild, occurring at only seven sites. Endemism is the Ecological state of being unique to a place Endemic species are not naturally found elsewhere Korea is a geographic area composed of two sovereign countries a civilization and a former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia. An endangered species is a population of an organism which is at risk of becoming Extinct because it is either few in numbers or threatened by changing environmental or predation It is related to Forsythia, but differs in having white, not yellow, flowers. Forsythia is of Flowering plants in the family Oleaceae (olive family
It is a deciduous shrub growing to 1-2 m tall. Botany Autumn leaf color. See --> In Botany and Horticulture, deciduous Plants, including A shrub or Bush is a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of Woody plant, distinguished from a Tree The leaves are opposite, simple, 6-10 cm long and 3-4. In Botany, a leaf is an above-ground Plant organ specialized for Photosynthesis. 5 cm wide, pubescent both above and below. The flowers are produced in early spring before the new leaves appear; they are white, about 1 cm long, with a four-lobed corolla. A flower, also known as a bloom or Blossom, is the reproductive structure found in Flowering plants (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also A petal (from Ancient Greek petalon "leaf" "thin plate" regarded as a highly modified leaf is one member or part of the corolla The fruit is a round, winged samara 2-3 cm diameter. The term fruit has different meanings dependent on context and the term is not synonymous in Food preparation and Biology. A samara is a type of Fruit in which a flattened wing of fibrous papery tissue develops from the ovary wall
It is cultivated as an ornamental plant in Europe and North America. Ornamental plants are typically grown in the flower Garden or as House plants Most commonly they are grown for the display of their Flowers Other common
References
- Kim, Y. S. & Maunder, M. (1998). Plants in Peril 24: Abeliophyllum distichum. Curtis's Botanical Magazine 15 (2): 141-146 (available online).
- University of British Columbia Botanical Gardens: Abeliophyllum distichum
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