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Heptacodium
''Heptacodium miconioides'', the seven-son flower, is a species of flowering plant. It is the sole species in the monotypic genus ''Heptacodium'', of the honeysuckle family Caprifoliaceae. The common name "seven-son flower" is a direct translation of the Standard Chinese name 七子花 qī zi huā. Endemic to China, this species was discovered for Western horticulture in 1907 by the British plant hunter Ernest Wilson on behalf of the Arnold Arboretum. It was growing on mountain cliffs at 'Hsing-Shan Hsien' in present day Xingshan County in the west of Hubei Province in central China.''Heptacodium miconioides '' Rehder - online article in the series 'Tree of the Year' by Grimshaw, John http://www.dendrology.org/publications/tree-of-the-year/heptacodium-miconioides-2012/ Retrieved 11.14 on 16 May 2018 Considered rare even at that time, only nine populations are known to remain in the wild (e.g. one on Tiantai Mountain), all of them in Anhui and Zhejiang provinces and threatened by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caprifoliaceae
The Caprifoliaceae or honeysuckle family is a clade of dicotyledonous flowering plants consisting of about 860 species, in 33, to 42 genera, with a nearly cosmopolitan distribution. Centres of diversity are found in eastern North America and eastern Asia, while they are absent in tropical and southern Africa. Description The flowering plants in this clade are mostly shrubs and vines: rarely herbs. They include some ornamental garden plants grown in temperate regions. The leaves are mostly opposite with no stipules (appendages at the base of a leafstalk or petiole), and may be either evergreen or deciduous. The flowers are tubular funnel-shaped or bell-like, usually with five outward spreading lobes or points, and are often fragrant. They usually form a small calyx with small bracts. The fruit is in most cases a berry or a drupe. The genera ''Diervilla'' and ''Weigela'' have capsular fruit, while ''Heptacodium'' has an achene. Taxonomy Views of the family-level classification ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiantai Mountain
Tiantai Mountain (also Tí Taî in the local language) is a list of mountains in China, mountain in Tiantai County, Taizhou, Zhejiang, Taizhou, Zhejiang, Zhejiang Province, China. Its highest peak, Huading, reaches a height of . The mountain was made a List of national parks of China, national park on 1 August 1988. One of nine remaining wild populations of Seven-Son Flower (''Heptacodium miconioides'') is located on mount Tiantai. Legends In the Chinese mythology, mythology of Traditional Chinese religion, the creator goddess Nüwa cut the legs off a giant sea turtle () and used them to prop up the sky after Gong Gong damaged Mount Buzhou, which had previously supported the heavens. A local myth holds that Tiantai was on the turtle's back before and Nüwa relocated it to its current position when she had to remove the turtle's legs. Guoqing Temple Guoqing Temple on the mountain is the headquarters of Tiantai, Tiantai Buddhism, and also a Tourism in China, tourist destination. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
