Heptacodium
Heptacodium | |
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Heptacodium miconioides, Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Dipsacales |
Family: | Caprifoliaceae |
Subfamily: | Caprifolioideae |
Genus: | Heptacodium Rehder |
Species: | H. miconioides
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Binomial name | |
Heptacodium miconioides Rehder
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Synonyms[2] | |
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Heptacodium miconioides, the seven-son flower, is a
Description
Heptacodium miconioides is a
Six flowers, not seven
Noted plantsman John Grimshaw, director of the
Cultivation
Readily propagated from either seed or by softwood cuttings, the species has since become widely available in
Notable trees
In the UK, a specimen 8 m high (2012) planted in 1981 formerly grew in the Flagpole Bed alongside Jermyn House at the Sir Harold Hillier Gardens, Ampfield, near Romsey.
Etymology
The generic name of Heptacodium has sometimes[14] erroneously been said to mean 'seven bells' with a second element derived from Greek κώδων (codon) - 'bell', but was in fact coined by Arnold Arboretum taxonomist Alfred Rehder from the Greek κώδειά (codeia) - 'poppy head' with the prefix έπτά (hepta-) 'seven', giving the meaning 'having seven structures resembling poppy heads'. The specific epithet miconioides alludes to the similarities in the plant, particularly its boldly-veined leaves, to certain species belonging to the unrelated genus Miconia (family Melastomataceae).
The common name in Standard Chinese 七子花 (qī zi huā) is composed of the characters 七 (qī) 'seven', 子 (zi) 'son' / 'child' and 花 (huā) 'flower' - whence 'Seven Son(s) Flower' ('Flower with seven children'). Approximate pronunciation (not allowing for tonality of Chinese language) 'Chee-dzu-hwaa'.[15]
Medicinal potential
Recent tests have demonstrated that extracts from the plant possess
Gallery
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Characteristic peeling bark of mature specimen.
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Four trunks of mature specimen, side view.
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Bifurcating trunks ( with fifth subsidiary trunk ) of mature specimen, viewed from above.
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Single leaf, showing characteristic, three, parallel, longitudinal veins.
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Spring foliage in canopy of mature specimen, viewed from beneath.
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Close-up of small, scented, white flowers in late Summer / Early Autumn.
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Pink colouration of fruiting calyces.
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Close-up of fruiting Calyces in late October.
References
- . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ The Plant List, retrieved 24 September 2015
- ^ Sargent, Charles Sprague (1916). Plantae Wilsonianae : An enumeration of the woody plants collected in western China for the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University during the years 1907, 1908, and 1910 by E. H. Wilson, Volume 2. Cambridge [Mass.]: University Press. pp. 617–619.
- ^ a b 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
- S2CID 25707962.
- ^ "National key protected wild plants (first batch)". Nature Reserve of China. 2004-07-10. Archived from the original on 13 April 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
- ^ a b c Gary L. Koller (1986), "Seven-Son Flower from Zhejiang: Introducing the Versatile Ornamental Shrub Heptacodium jasminoides Airy Shaw" (PDF), Arnoldia, 46 (4): 3–14
- ^ "Heptacodium jasminoides, the bumble bee tree". 2 September 2012.
- ^ Stebbings, G. (2011). Autumn Glory - Late Developers. Garden Answers, p. 48, September 2011. Bauer Media, London.
- ^ 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 16/5/18
- ^ "Arnold Arboretum Seven Son Flower Bio". arboretum.harvard.edu. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plantfinder - Heptacodium miconioides". www.rhs.org. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). www.rhs.org. Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 47. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ e.g. by the Missouri Botanical Garden http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=k450 Retrieved at 11.41 on 17/5/18
- ^ Google translate. Language : Traditional Chinese
- ^ JIN Ze-xin, LI Jun-min ( Ecology Institute, Taizhou University, Linhai 317000, Zhejiang,China ) Anti-bacterial activity of extracts from Heptacodium miconioides March 2006. http://en.cnki.com.cn/Article_en/CJFDTOTAL-ZJLX200603013.htm Retrieved 12.14 on 27/4/18
- ^ YANG Bei-fen, SHAO Hong, JIN Ze-xin ( Ecology Institute of Taizhou University, Linhai, Zhejiang 317000,China ) Analysis of Secondary Metabolism Contents in Leafblades of Heptacodium miconioides http://en.cnki.com.cn/Article_en/CJFDTOTAL-XBLX200602035.htm retrieved 00.56 on 28/4/18.
- Airy Shaw, H. K. (1952). A second species of the genus Heptacodium Rehd.(Caprifoliaceae). Kew Bulletin 1952, Number 2, pages 245–246.