词条 | Zenobia (plant) |
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|image = Zenobia pulverulenta.jpg |image_caption=Zenobia pulverulenta |regnum = Plantae |unranked_divisio = Angiosperms |unranked_classis = Eudicots |unranked_ordo = Asterids |ordo = Ericales |familia = Ericaceae |genus = Zenobia |genus_authority = D.Don 1834 |type_species= Zenobia speciosa |type_species_authority=(Michx.) D.Don 1834 }} Zenobia, called honeycup, is a North American genus of shrubs in the heath family. DescriptionZenobia is a hairless shrub, sometimes with a waxy coating on the foliage. The leaves are elliptical or egg-shaped. The plant has numerous white flowers in flat-topped or elongated arrays, each flower has 5 separate sepals and 5 united petals, forming a bell-shaped corolla. Each flower can produce up to 200 egg-shaped seeds in a dry capsule.[1]Fossil record10 fossil fruits of †Zenobia fasterholtensis have been described from middle Miocene strata of the Fasterholt area near Silkeborg in Central Jutland, Denmark.[2]
References1. ^Flora of North America, Zenobia D. Don, 1834. {{Taxonbar|from=Q15940682}}{{Ericaceae-stub}}2. ^Angiosperm Fruits and Seeds from the Middle Miocene of Jutland (Denmark) by Else Marie Friis, The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters 24:3, 1985 3. ^The Plant List, search for Zenobia 2 : Vaccinioideae|Flora of the Southeastern United States |
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