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

Recommended citation
'Asimina' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/asimina/). Accessed 2023-01-26.

Family

  • Annonaceae

Species in genus

Glossary

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).

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Credits

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

Recommended citation
'Asimina' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/asimina/). Accessed 2023-01-26.

Asimina

Asimina triloba with anthers expanded (US National Botanical Garden, April 2009). Image John Grimshaw.

A genus of some eight species in eastern N. America, all small, tender shrubs except the one described here, which is of interest as the only member of the custard-apple family that can be grown outdoors in the British Isles.

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