Osmanthus is a genus of about 30 species of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae, mostly native to warm temperate Asia (from the Caucasus east to Japan) but one species (O. americanus) occurring in North America (southeastern United States, Texas to Virginia). It is sometimes included in Nestegis. They range in size from shrubs to small trees, 2-12 m tall. The leaves are opposite, evergreen, and simple, with an entire, serrated or coarsely toothed margin. The flowers are produced in spring, summer or autumn, each flower being about 1 cm long, white, with a four-lobed tubular-based corolla ('petals'). The flowers grow in small panicles, and in several species have a strong fragrance. The fruit is a small (10-15 mm), hard-skinned dark blue to purple drupe containing a single seed.
| Attributes | Values |
|---|
| rdfs:label
| |
| rdfs:comment
| - Osmanthus is a genus of about 30 species of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae, mostly native to warm temperate Asia (from the Caucasus east to Japan) but one species (O. americanus) occurring in North America (southeastern United States, Texas to Virginia). It is sometimes included in Nestegis. They range in size from shrubs to small trees, 2-12 m tall. The leaves are opposite, evergreen, and simple, with an entire, serrated or coarsely toothed margin. The flowers are produced in spring, summer or autumn, each flower being about 1 cm long, white, with a four-lobed tubular-based corolla ('petals'). The flowers grow in small panicles, and in several species have a strong fragrance. The fruit is a small (10-15 mm), hard-skinned dark blue to purple drupe containing a single seed.
|
| sameAs
| |
| dcterms:subject
| |
| dbkwik:gardening/p...iPageUsesTemplate
| |
| subdivision ranks
| |
| unranked divisio
| |
| Familia
| |
| unranked ordo
| |
| Name
| |
| ordo
| |
| genus authority
| |
| Image caption
| - Osmanthus heterophyllus in flower
|
| Genus
| |
| subdivision
| - About 30 species; see text.
|
| P
| |
| unranked classis
| |
| regnum
| |
| C
| |
| tribus
| |
| abstract
| - Osmanthus is a genus of about 30 species of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae, mostly native to warm temperate Asia (from the Caucasus east to Japan) but one species (O. americanus) occurring in North America (southeastern United States, Texas to Virginia). It is sometimes included in Nestegis. They range in size from shrubs to small trees, 2-12 m tall. The leaves are opposite, evergreen, and simple, with an entire, serrated or coarsely toothed margin. The flowers are produced in spring, summer or autumn, each flower being about 1 cm long, white, with a four-lobed tubular-based corolla ('petals'). The flowers grow in small panicles, and in several species have a strong fragrance. The fruit is a small (10-15 mm), hard-skinned dark blue to purple drupe containing a single seed. Selected species
* Osmanthus americanus - Devilwood Osmanthus or Devilwood
* Osmanthus armatus
* Osmanthus decorus - Caucasian Osmanthus
* Osmanthus delavayi - Delavay's Osmanthus
* Osmanthus fragrans - Sweet Osmanthus
* Osmanthus heterophyllus - Chinese Osmanthus
* Osmanthus serrulatus
* Osmanthus suavis
* Osmanthus yunnanensis - Yunnan Osmanthus Garden hybrids
* Osmanthus × burkwoodii (O. delavayi × O. decorus)
* Osmanthus × fortunei (O. fragrans × O. heterophyllus)
|
![[RDF Data]](/fct/images/sw-rdf-blue.png)