Heptacodium miconioides

Taxobox


status = VU | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Dipsacales
familia = Caprifoliaceae
genus = "Heptacodium"
species = "H. miconioides"
binomial = "Heptacodium miconioides"
binomial_authority = Rehder
synonyms =

"Heptacodium miconioides", seven-sons plant, is a species of plant in the Caprifoliaceae family. It is endemic to China. The wild population is threatened by habitat loss, but this species is also grown as an ornamental. It has white flowers that attract butterflies.

ource

* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/32355/all "Heptacodium miconioides"] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 21 August 2007.