Dipelta

Dipelta
Dipelta floribunda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Dipsacales
Family:	Caprifoliaceae
Subfamily:	Linnaeoideae
Genus:	Dipelta Maxim. (1877)
Species[1]
Dipelta elegans Batalin Dipelta floribunda Maxim. Dipelta yunnanensis Franch.
Synonyms[1]
Cavaleriella H.Lév. (1914)

Dipelta is a genus of three large, deciduous shrubs that are members of the family Caprifoliaceae. They are native to north-central and southern China, southeastern Tibet, and northern Myanmar,[1] but have been cultivated widely as decorative garden plants. They have attractive peeling bark, bell-shaped flowers carried singly or in corymbs and fruit with papery bracts. They develop in a rounded shape and attain a height of about 3–4 metres (10–13 ft).[2][3] The leaves are simple, oval to lance shaped and borne in opposite pairs.

Dipelta floribunda has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[4]

Species

Three species are accepted.[1]

• Dipelta elegans Batalin – Gansu and northern Sichuan in west-central China
• Dipelta floribunda Maxim. – central and east-central China
• Dipelta yunnanensis Franch. – south-central China, southeastern Tibet, and northern Myanmar

References

1. "Dipelta Maxim". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
2. The Royal Horticultural Society Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, Ed. Christopher Brickell, Dorling Kindersly, London. 1996, ISBN 0-7513-0436-0. p371
3. [1] Burncoose Nurseries
4. "Dipelta floribunda". Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 24 July 2013.