Details of genus: Choisya [1898]
genus_ja:
genus_en: Mexican orange blossom
# spp.:
pub_year:
accepted:
Family: Rutaceae
family_ja: ミカン
Infra familial classification:
distribution_en:
description_en: Genus of about 8 species of evergreen shrubs from canyons and rocky slopes in S.W. USA and Mexico. Choisyas are valued for their attractive, opposite, palmate, aromatic leaves, and for their fragrant, star-shaped white flowers, which are occasionally solitary, more often borne in terminal or axillary cymes or corymbs. They are best grown in a shrub border or against a wall.
hardiness_en: Fully hardy to frost hardy.
cultivation_en:
propagation_en: Root semi-ripe cuttings in summer.
pests_en: Prone to snails.
description_ja:
comment:
comment_ja: メキシカンオレンジ(Mexican orange)
type_species:
Phylogenetic definition:
Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2020-09-04 03:56
family:
| System | Accepted? | Scientific name | Japanese name | Infra-familial classification | # species | |
| APG4 | Rutaceae | ミカン科 | Show | |||
| PB2 | Rutaceae | ミカン科 | Show | |||
| PB3 | Rutaceae | ミカン科 | Show |