Stachyurus
Genus of flowering plants in the family Stachyuraceae
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::summary Genus of flowering plants in the family Stachyuraceae ::
| image = Stachyurus praecox3.jpg | image_caption = Stachyurus praecox flowers. | parent_authority = J.Agardh | taxon = Stachyurus | authority = Siebold & Zucc. | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text
Stachyurus is the only genus in the flowering plant family Stachyuraceae, native to the Himalayas and eastern Asia. They are deciduous shrubs or small trees with pendent racemes of 4-petalled flowers which appear on the bare branches before the leaves. The plants have leaves with serrate margins.
Pendunculagin, casuarictin, strictinin, casuarinin and casuariin are ellagitannins found in species in this genus.
Stachyurus praecox and the slightly later-flowering S. chinensis, from Japan and China, respectively, are both cultivated as ornamental plants elsewhere as they flower early in temperate climates.
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Species list
- Stachyurus chinensis
- Stachyurus coaetaneus
- Stachyurus cordatulus
- Stachyurus himalaicus
- Stachyurus obovatus
- Stachyurus praecox
- Stachyurus retusus
- Stachyurus salicifolius
- Stachyurus yunnanensis
References
References
- Christenhusz, M. J. M.. (2016). "The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase". Magnolia Press.
- (2008). "RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants". Dorling Kindersley.
- [http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=9467908 Tannins of Casuarina and Stachyurus species. I: Structures of pendunculagin, casuarictin, strictinin, casuarinin, casuariin, and stachyurin. Okuda T., Yoshida T., Ashida M. and Yazaki K., Journal of the Chemical Society, 1983, no8, pp. 1765-1772]
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