Sargentodoxa Rehder & E.H.Wilson

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

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'Sargentodoxa' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/sargentodoxa/). Accessed 2025-05-12.

Family

Lardizabalaceae

Species in genus

Sargentodoxa cuneata

Glossary

family: A group of genera more closely related to each other than to genera in other families. Names of families are identified by the suffix ‘-aceae’ (e.g. Myrtaceae) with a few traditional exceptions (e.g. Leguminosae).
included: (botanical) Contained within another part or organ.
sessile: Lacking a stem or stalk.

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Credits

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

Recommended citation
'Sargentodoxa' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/sargentodoxa/). Accessed 2025-05-12.

Sargentodoxa cuneata.

A genus of a single species, formerly placed in the monotypic Sargentodoxaceae, but now included in Lardizabalaceae, though Sargentodoxa is distinct in its numerous and spirally arranged carpels in the female flowers (few, in whorls in the rest of the family). In foliage it bears some resemblance to Sinofranchetia, but the leaflets are virtually sessile and three-veined from the base, whereas those of the Sinofranchetia are distinctly stalked and pinnately veined; Sinofranchetia’s tricarpellate female flowers are a further distinguishing character.

The genus is named in honour of Professor C. S. Sargent of the Arnold Arboretum.