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

Recommended citation
'Helwingia' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/helwingia/). Accessed 2025-04-27.

Family

  • Helwingiaceae

Species in genus

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Credits

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

Recommended citation
'Helwingia' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/helwingia/). Accessed 2025-04-27.

Helwingia

Helwingia japonica flowering at Benmore Botanic Garden, Argyll, UK. May 2022. Image Tom Christian.

A genus of probably only three species of deciduous shrubs ranging from the E. Himalaya to Japan and Formosa.

The genus was named in honour of G. A. Helwing (1666–1748), author of works on the botany of Prussia.

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