Details of genus: Liriodendron L. [17]
genus_ja:
genus_en: Tulip tree
# spp.:
pub_year:
accepted: Accepted
Family: Magnoliaceae
family_ja: モクレン
Infra familial classification:
distribution_en: E. N.America, China
description_en: Genus of 2 species of deciduous trees from woodland in China, Vietnam, and North America. They are cultivated for their stately habit and curiously shaped, alternate leaves, which colour well in autumn. The solitary, cup-shaped flowers, inconspicuous from a distance, add interest in summer, but are not produced on young plants; they are followed by cone-like fruits. Excellent grown as specimen trees.
hardiness_en: Fully hardy.
cultivation_en:
propagation_en: Sow seed (of species only) in containers in a cold frame in autumn. Graft in early spring, or bud in late summer.
pests_en: Leaf spot and Verticillium wilt may be a problem.
description_ja:
comment:
comment_ja: ユリノキ
type_species:
Phylogenetic definition:
Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2022-03-09 15:20
family:
| System | Accepted? | Scientific name | Japanese name | Infra-familial classification | # species | |
| APG4 | Magnoliaceae | モクレン科 | Show | |||
| PB2 | Magnoliaceae | モクレン科 | Show | |||
| PB3 | Magnoliaceae | モクレン科 | Show |