Hovenia

Taxobox
name = "Hovenia"

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image_caption = Japanese Raisin Tree, "Hovenia dulcis"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Rosales
familia = Rhamnaceae
genus = "Hovenia"
genus_authority = Thunb.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

Hovenia is a small genus of deciduous trees or shrubs in the family Rhamnaceae. They occur naturally from India to Japan. The Japanese Raisin Tree is the most well-known of the group, as it is often planted in gardens outside Asia.

elected species

* "Hovenia acerba": syn "Hovenia kiukiangensis"
* "Hovenia dulcis" Thunb.: syn "Hovenia inaequalis" DC.
* "Hovenia parviflora"
* "Hovenia pubescens
* "Hovenia robusta"
* "Hovenia tomentella"
* "Hovenia trichocarpa"

External reference

* [http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/mss/volume12/Rhamnaceae-MO_reviewing.htm Review of genus]