Pseudowintera

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

Recommended citation
'Pseudowintera' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/pseudowintera/). Accessed 2024-04-16.

Family

Winteraceae

Species in genus

Pseudowintera colorata

Glossary

bud: Immature shoot protected by scales that develops into leaves and/or flowers.
calyx: (pl. calyces) Outer whorl of the perianth. Composed of several sepals.
endemic: (of a plant or an animal) Found in a native state only within a defined region or country.
included: (botanical) Contained within another part or organ.

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Credits

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

Recommended citation
'Pseudowintera' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/pseudowintera/). Accessed 2024-04-16.

Pseudowintera colorata at Colonsay House in the Inner Hebrides, UK; 7th June 2012. Image Owen Johnson.

A genus of three species endemic to New Zealand, which were included in Drimys until 1933. From that genus they are distinct in their flowers; for in Drimys the calyx completely encloses the petals in the bud and fall as the flowers expand, while in Pseudowintera the calyx is small, cup-shaped, and persistent.

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