- Rhodotypos
Taxobox
name = "Rhodotypos scandens"
image_width = 240px
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis =Magnoliopsida
ordo =Rosales
familia =Rosaceae
subfamilia =Rosoideae
tribus =Kerrieae
genus = "Rhodotypos"
genus_authority = Siebold & Zucc.
species = "R. scandens"
binomial = "Rhodotypos scandens"
binomial_authority = (Thunb.) Makino"Rhodotypos scandens", the sole
species of thegenus "Rhodotypos", is adeciduous shrub in the familyRosaceae , closely related to "Kerria" and included in that genus by some botanists. It is native toChina , possibly alsoJapan .It grows to 2-5 m tall, with (unusually for a species in the Rosaceae) "opposite" (not alternate) leaves, simple ovate-acute, 3-6 cm long and 2-4 cm broad with a serrated margin. The
flower s are white, 3-4 cm diameter, and (also unusually) have "four" (not five) petals; flowering is from late sring to mid summer. Thefruit is a cluster of 1-4 shiny black drupes 5-8 mm diameter.It does not have a widely used English name, most commonly being known by its genus name Rhodotypos, also occasionally as Jetbead or Jet-bead. It is an
invasive species in some parts of easternNorth America .External links
* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=128419 Flora of China]
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