View source for Exochorda ← Exochorda You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Exochorda |accepted_authority=Lindley |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Gard. Chron. |place=1858: 925. 1858 |year=1858 }} |common_names=Pearlbrush |special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status |code=I |label=Introduced }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Rosaceae;Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae;Rosaceae tribe Exochordeae;Exochorda |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Rosaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Rosaceae tribe Exochordeae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Exochorda]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek exo -, outside, and chorde, string, alluding to free placentary cords external to carpels |volume=Volume 9 |mention_page=page 385 |treatment_page=page 384 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> to 30(–50) dm. <b>Stems</b> 1–20+, spreading to erect; bark brown to gray-brown on branches, not exfoliating; short shoots absent; glabrous or sparsely hairy in early season. <b>Leaves</b> deciduous, cauline, alternate; stipules usually absent; petiole present, sometimes relatively short; blade elliptic or oblong to oblong-obovate, 1.5–4.4(–6)[–9] cm, membranous, margins flat, entire or serrate in distal 1/2, surfaces glabrous or hairy. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal, 4–10-flowered, racemes, axes glabrous or sparsely hairy prior to expansion of flowers; bracts present; bracteoles present. <b>Pedicels</b> present. <b>Flowers</b> bisexual (plants synoecious), appearing with leaves, 25–50 mm diam.; hypanthium shallowly campanulate to obturbinate, 3.5–4.2 mm, glabrous; sepals 5, ascending, triangular to broad-triangular or semiorbiculate; petals 5, white, [oblong] obovate to suborbiculate, base clawed; stamens 15–20[–30], shorter than petals; torus absent; carpels 5, connate, glabrous, styles 5; ovules 1 or 2. <b>Fruits</b> capsules, semicircular in outline, shorter than wide or as tall as wide in side view, 6–10[–15] mm, glabrous; hypanthium not persistent; sepals not persistent. <b>Seeds</b> 1 or 2 per capsule, winged. <b>x</b> = 8.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Asia;introduced also in Europe;Australia. |discussion=<p>Species 4 (1 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>Species of <i>Exochorda</i> are attractive, spring-flowering shrubs with racemes of showy, white flowers, and are commonly planted.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Exochorda |author=Arthur Haines |authority=Lindley |rank=genus |parent rank=tribe |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Rosaceae |distribution=Asia;introduced also in Europe;Australia. |introduced=true |reference=None |publication title=Gard. Chron. |publication year=1858 |special status=Introduced |source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V9/V9_640.xml |subfamily=Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae |tribe=Rosaceae tribe Exochordeae |genus=Exochorda }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Rosaceae tribe Exochordeae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Rosaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/ID/Special status (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Exochorda.