Cleyera

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

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

Family

Theaceae

Species in genus

Glossary

bisexual: See hermaphrodite.
calyx: (pl. calyces) Outer whorl of the perianth. Composed of several sepals.
unisexual: Having only male or female organs in a flower.

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Credits

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

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

Cleyera fortunei at Juniper Level Botanic Garden, North Carolina, June 2019. Image John Grimshaw.

The genus Cleyera, named in honour of Dr Cleyer, a Dutch botanist, is a small genus of evergreen trees and shrubs from E. Asia. The calyx is five-parted, and there are five petals with numerous stamens slightly attached. The genus is nearly allied to Eurya, but differs in having chiefly bisexual flowers, those of Eurya being unisexual and found on different trees.

Foliage on Cleyera japonica. Arboretum Gaston Allard, Angers, France. 7 October 2023. Image Tom Christian.

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