Botryostege

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

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'Botryostege' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/botryostege/). Accessed 2024-04-19.

Family

Ericaceae

Species in genus

Botryostege bracteata

Glossary

capsule: Dry dehiscent fruit; formed from syncarpous ovary.
included: (botanical) Contained within another part or organ.
inflorescence: Flower-bearing part of a plant; arrangement of flowers on the floral axis.
sessile: Lacking a stem or stalk.
simple: (of a leaf) Unlobed or undivided.

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Credits

Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Botryostege' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/botryostege/). Accessed 2024-04-19.

Botryostege bracteata.

A genus of a single Japanese deciduous shrub, allied to Tripetaleia and, until recently, included in it. Stapf (Kew Bulletin, 1934, p. 192) placed it in a genus of its own, distinguished from Tripetaleia by its simple,relatively few-flowered racemose inflorescence, its conspicuous leafy bracts, five free oblong sepals and sessile capsule (not borne on a distinct stalk as in the other genus).

From the Supplement (Vol.V)

This genus is now included in, or rather restored to, the genus Elliottia, in which its name is: E. bracteata (Maxim.) Benth. & Hook. f.