Distylium

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Distylium
Distylium racemosum
Distylium racemosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Hamamelidaceae
Genus: Distylium
Siebold & Zucc.
Species

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Distylium (Winter-hazel) is a genus of about 18 species of evergreen shrubs and trees in the witch hazel family Hamamelidaceae, native to eastern and southeastern Asia.

Selected species
  • Distylium buxifolium - China
  • Distylium chinense - China
  • Distylium chungii - China
  • Distylium cuspidatum - China
  • Distylium dunnianum - China
  • Distylium elaeagnoides - China
  • Distylium gracile - China
  • Distylium macrophyllum - China
  • Distylium myricoides - China
  • Distylium pingpienense - China
  • Distylium racemosum - tree up to 20m; China, Korea, Japan (Ryukyu Islands), Taiwan
  • Distylium tsiangii - China

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