Forsythia europaea

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Forsythia europaea
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Oleaceae
Genus: Forsythia
Species:
F. europaea
Binomial name
Forsythia europaea

Forsythia europaea, commonly known as Albanian forsythia or European forsythia, [2] [3] is a species of flowering plant in the olive family, with a native range from Montenegro to northern Albania. [4] It is the only species of Forsythia native to Europe; [2] prior to its discovery in Albania in 1897, it was thought that all Forsythia spp. were native to East Asia. [5]

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Description

F. europaea is a shrub, [6] and can grow up to 10 ft (3 m) tall. [7] Its leaves are 5–8 cm (2.0–3.1 in) in length, and are generally entire (smooth edged). [8] It produces numerous yellow flowers, [5] which are 1.25 in (3.2 cm) in diameter. [7]

The shrub produces prolonged elliptical fruit capsules that grow to 5.4−6.0 mm by 1.8−2.2 mm. The fruit capsules have a fine granulate, slightly lustrous, glabrous, gold-yellow to brown appearance. [9]

Phylogeny

The closest relative of F. europaea is F. giraldiana, a species of Forsythia native to China. [10]

Cultivation

F. europaea was first cultivated in 1899, at Kew Gardens in London, United Kingdom. [7] It is not as widely cultivated as other species of Forsythia as it is not as ornamental, [6] although it is still occasionally grown in parks and gardens. [6] [11]

Cultivars produced by hybridisation of F. europaea with F. ovata, a more ornamental species of Forsythia native to Korea, [12] include:

References

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  9. Bojnanský, Vít; Fargašová, Agáta (2007-09-17). Atlas of Seeds and Fruits of Central and East-European Flora: The Carpathian Mountains Region. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN   978-1-4020-5362-7.
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  12. Anderson, Edgar (1934). "HARDY FORSYTHIAS: With a Short Account of the History of Garden Forsythias and Remarks Regarding Their Possible Future Development". Bulletin of Popular Information (Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University). 2 (3): 9–14. doi: 10.5962/p.322249 . ISSN   0196-6057. JSTOR   42962071.
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