Cionura

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Cionura' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/cionura/). Accessed 2024-03-29.

Family

  • Asclepiadaceae

Species in genus

Glossary

cordate
Heart-shaped (i.e. with two equal lobes at the base).
corolla
The inner whorl of the perianth. Composed of free or united petals often showy.
family
A group of genera more closely related to each other than to genera in other families. Names of families are identified by the suffix ‘-aceae’ (e.g. Myrtaceae) with a few traditional exceptions (e.g. Leguminosae).
included
(botanical) Contained within another part or organ.
sagittate
Arrowhead-shaped.
whorl
Arrangement of three or more organs (leaves flowers) around a central axis. whorled Arranged in a whorl.

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Credits

Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Cionura' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/cionura/). Accessed 2024-03-29.

A genus of a single species, established by Grisebach in 1844, but until recently usually included in Marsdenia, which is now restricted to tropical species. Among the few woody asclepiadaceous plants occurring in Europe, Cionura erecta is most likely to be confused with Cynanchum acutum L., a species not treated in this work. But that has deeply cordate or sagittate leaves and there is a difference in the corona (crown) – the whorl of segments between the corolla and the stamens which is found in all members of the family. This consists of ten segments in Cynanchum and five in Cionura. Its near ally Periploca graeca has purplish flowers (white or yellowish in C. erecta). A detailed account of Cionura by the Polish botanist K. Browicz was published in Yearbook 12 of the Kornik Arboretum (1967), in English.