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Dipelta

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Dipelta
Dipelta floribunda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Dipsacales
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Subfamily: Linnaeoideae
Genus: Dipelta
Maxim. (1877)
Species[1]
Synonyms[1]

Cavaleriella H.Lév. (1914)

Dipelta is a genus of three large, deciduous shrubs that are members of the family Caprifoliaceae. They are native to north-central and southern China, southeastern Tibet, and northern Myanmar,[1] but have been cultivated widely as decorative garden plants. They have attractive peeling bark, bell-shaped flowers carried singly or in corymbs and fruit with papery bracts. They develop in a rounded shape and attain a height of about 3–4 metres (10–13 ft).[2][3] The leaves are simple, oval to lance shaped and borne in opposite pairs.

Dipelta floribunda has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[4]

Species

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Three species are accepted.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Dipelta Maxim". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  2. ^ The Royal Horticultural Society Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, Ed. Christopher Brickell, Dorling Kindersly, London. 1996, ISBN 0-7513-0436-0. p371
  3. ^ [1] Burncoose Nurseries
  4. ^ "Dipelta floribunda". Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 24 July 2013.