Docynia
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| Docynia | |
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| Docynia delavayi | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Subfamily: | Amygdaloideae[1] |
| Tribe: | Maleae |
| Subtribe: | Malinae |
| Genus: | Docynia Decne. |
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Docynia (栘木衣属, duo yi shu) is a genus of flowering trees, evergreen or semi-evergreen, in the family Rosaceae. Their leaves are simple, alternate, and stipulate, with flowers shortly stalked, 2–5-fascicled, and precocious or synantherous. Docynia reproduce following pollination by insect interaction and possess both male and female reproductive systems. The fruit is pomaceous.
Species
- Docynia delavayi (Franchet) C. K. Schneider
- Docynia indica (Wallich) Decaisne
References
- ↑ Potter, D., et al. (2007). Phylogeny and classification of Rosaceae. Plant Systematics and Evolution. 266(1–2): 5–43. [Referring to the subfamily by the name "Spiraeoideae"]
- Decaisne, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 10: 125, 131. 1874.
- Gu Cuizhi (Ku Tsue-chih) and Stephen A. Spongberg. 2003. Docynia Decaisne. in FLora of China 9:170–170.
- Encyclopedia of Life entry
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