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词条 Zenobia (plant)
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  1. Description

  2. Fossil record

  3. References

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|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
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Zenobia, called honeycup, is a North American genus of shrubs in the heath family.

Description

Zenobia 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 record

10 fossil fruits of †Zenobia fasterholtensis have been described from middle Miocene strata of the Fasterholt area near Silkeborg in Central Jutland, Denmark.[2]

Species[
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  • Zenobia cassinefolia (Vent.) Pollard
  • Zenobia pulverulenta (W. Bartram ex Willd.) Pollard
  • Zenobia speciosa (Michx.) D. Don

References

1. ^Flora of North America, Zenobia D. Don, 1834.
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
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2 : Vaccinioideae|Flora of the Southeastern United States

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