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

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'Fortunearia' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/fortunearia/). Accessed 2024-04-19.

Family

  • Hamamelidaceae

Species in genus

Glossary

capsule
Dry dehiscent fruit; formed from syncarpous ovary.

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Credits

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

Recommended citation
'Fortunearia' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/fortunearia/). Accessed 2024-04-19.

Fortunearia

Fortunearia sinensis is mainly cultivated for its attractive foliage. The generic name honours the famous Scottish plant collector Robert Fortune. Meise Botanical Garden (19951014–54), Belgium. 16 October 2008. Image Guillaume Mamdy.

A monotypic genus, named in honour of Robert Fortune, the famous plant collector. From other hardy genera of the Hamamelidaceae it is distinguished by the following combination of characters: leaves deciduous, pinnately-veined; petals very short and narrow but longer than the sepals; fruit a two-valved, two-seeded capsule. The allied Sinowilsonia, another monotypic genus from China, is distinguished from Fortunearia by its apetalous flowers.

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