Zabelia corymbosa

Zabelia corymbosa (synonym Abelia corymbosa) is a species of flowering plant in the honeysuckle family, Caprifoliaceae.[2] It is native to Central Asia, where it occurs in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan.[1]

Zabelia corymbosa

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Dipsacales
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Genus: Zabelia
Species:
Z. corymbosa
Binomial name
Zabelia corymbosa
(Regel & Schmalh.) Makino[2]
Synonyms[2]
  • Abelia corymbosa Regel & Schmalh.
  • Linnaea corymbosa (Regel & Schmalh.) Graebn.

This is a shrub growing up to 3 to 4 meters tall. The dull green, oval-shaped leaves vary in size. Tubular flowers grow in pairs in the leaf axils. The flowers are 1 to 2 centimeters long and are a pink-tinged white in color.[3]

This species was described (as Abelia corymbosa) by Eduard August von Regel and Johannes Theodor Schmalhausen in 1878, and transferred to Zabelia by Tomitaro Makino in 1948.[2][4]

References

  1. Participants of the FFI/IUCN SSC Central Asian regional tree Red Listing workshop, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (11-13 July 2006). 2007. Zabelia corymbosa. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. Downloaded on 26 March 2015.
  2. "Zabelia corymbosa (Regel & Schmalh.) Makino". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  3. Shulkina, Tatyana. "Abelia corymbosa". Ornamental Plants from Russia and Adjacent States of the Former Soviet Union via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  4. "Plant Name Details for Zabelia corymbosa (Regel & Schmalh.) Makino". The International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 22 January 2018.


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