Exochorda

Taxobox
name = "Exochorda"

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image_width = 200px
image_caption = "Exochorda racemosa"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Rosales
familia = Rosaceae
subfamilia = Spiraeoideae
genus = "Exochorda" Lindl.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
*"Exochorda giraldii", China.
*"Exochorda korolkowii", Turkestan.
*"Exochorda racemosa", China.
*"Exochorda serratifolia", China.

"Exochorda" is a small genus of four species of flowering plants in the family Rosaceae, native to China and central Asia (Turkestan).

They are deciduous shrubs growing to 2-4 m tall. The leaves are paddle-shaped oval, 3-9 cm long, with an entire or bluntly serrated margin. The flowers are white, with five petals, produced in spring on the ends of the branches. The fruit is a dry follicle which splits apart to release the flattened seeds.

References

* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=112553 Flora of China: "Exochorda"]
*Huxley, A. (1992). "The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening" 2: 274. Macmillan. ISBN 0333770188
*"Trees & Shrubs", Botanica, 1987, pg. 373. ISBN 0895863723