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Course: Our Home Planet (ESS105)
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University: University of Toronto
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Fringetrees
Chionanthus pygmaeus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade:Tracheophytes
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Oleaceae
Tribe: Oleeae
Subtribe: Oleinae
Genus: Chionanthus
L.
Synonyms[1]
Mayepea Aubl.
Freyeria Scop.
Thouinia L.f.
Ceranthus Schreb.
Cylindria Lour.
Chionanthus
Chionanthus (/
ˌ
ka
ɪ
o
ʊ
ˈ
nænθəs/), common name: fringetrees, is a
genus of about 150 species of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae.
The genus has a wide distribution primarily in the tropics and subtropics,
but with three species extending north into temperate regions, one (C.
retusus) in eastern Asia and two (C. virginicus and C. henryae) in
eastern North America.[1][2] Most of the tropical species are evergreen,
while the three temperate species are deciduous. Some botanists restrict
Chionanthus to the deciduous, temperate species, treating the evergreen
species in a separate genus Linociera, but apart from leaf persistence,
there is no other consistent difference between them.
They are shrubs and small to medium-sized trees growing to 3–25 m tall.
The leaves are opposite, simple. The flowers are produced in feathery
panicles, with a corolla subdivided into four slender lobes; they are white,
pale yellow, or tinged pink. The fruit is a drupe containing a single
seed.[2]
The following species are accepted by[1]
1. Chionanthus acunae (Borhidi & O.Muñiz) Borhidi - Cuba
2. Chionanthus adamsii Stearn - Jamaica
3. Chionanthus africanus (Knobl.) Stearn - tropical Africa
4. Chionanthus albidiflorus Thwaites – Sri Lanka
5. Chionanthus amblirrhinus P.S.Green - Thailand
6. Chionanthus avilensis (Steyerm.) P.S.Green - Venezuela
7. Chionanthus axillaris R.Br. – Australia (Queensland)
8. Chionanthus axilliflorus (Griseb.) Stearn – Caribbean
9. Chionanthus ayresii A.J.Scott - Mauritius
10. Chionanthus bakeri (Urb.) Stearn - Cuba
11. Chionanthus balgooyana Kiew – Sarawak
12. Chionanthus battiscombei (Hutch.) Stearn - eastern + southern Africa
13. Chionanthus beccarii (Stapf) Kiew - Sumatra
14. Chionanthus boutonii A.J.Scott - Mauritius
15. Chionanthus brachystachys (Schltr.) P.S.Green - New Caledonia
16. Chionanthus brachythyrsus (Merrill) P.S.Green – Southern China
(Hainan), Vietnam
17. Chionanthus brassii (Kobuski) Kiew - Papua New Guinea
18. Chionanthus broomeanus (Horne ex Oliv.) A.J.Scott – Réunion +
Mauritius
19. Chionanthus bumelioides (Griseb.) Stearn - Bahamas, Cuba,
Hispaniola
Species