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|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
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--><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><!--

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|distribution=Asia;introduced also in Europe;Australia.
|introduced=true
|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>
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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
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|subfamily=Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae
|tribe=Rosaceae tribe Exochordeae
|genus=Exochorda
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