Details of genus: Davidia Baillon [378]
genus_ja:
genus_en: Dove tree, Ghost tree, Handkerchief tree
# spp.:
pub_year:
accepted: Accepted
Family: Nyssaceae
family_ja: ヌマミズキ
Infra familial classification:
distribution_en:
description_en: Genus of one species of deciduous tree found in woodland in China, with small ellipsoid flowerheads surrounded by showy white bracts, which give rise to the common name. Its bark is smooth and mid-grey, and the leaves are simple, alternate, and broadly ovate. Grow D. involucrata as a specimen tree.
hardiness_en: Fully hardy.
cultivation_en:
propagation_en: Sow the whole fruit in a seedbed, or in containers in an open frame, as soon as ripe. Germination normally occurs in spring after 2 winters outdoors. Seed-raised plants may not flower for up to 10 years. Insert leaf-bud cuttings in early autumn, or hardwood cuttings in winter.
pests_en: Trouble free.
description_ja:
comment: SW.China
comment_ja: ハンカチノキ
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 | Nyssaceae | ヌマミズキ科 | Show | |||
| PB2 | Cornaceae | ミズキ科 | Show | |||
| APW | Nyssaceae | ヌマミズキ科 | Show | |||
| PB3 | Nyssaceae (Davidiaceae, Cornaceae) | ヌマミズキ (ハンカチノキ, ミズキ)科 | Show | |||
| Engler | Davidiaceae | ハンカチノキ科 | Show |