Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles
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'Stauntonia' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.
A genus of about fifteen species in E. and S.E. Asia, closely allied to Holboellia, differing in the stamens being united instead of free. The name commemorates Sir George Staunton, who accompanied Lord Macartney on his famous embassy to China in 1792.