Leycesteria
Leycesteria | |
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Leycesteria formosa | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Dipsacales |
Family: | Caprifoliaceae |
Subfamily: | Caprifolioideae |
Genus: | Leycesteria Wall. |
Species | |
Leycesteria crocothyrsos |
Leycesteria is a genus of flowering plants in the honeysuckle family Caprifoliaceae, native to temperate Asia in the Himalaya and southwestern China.
It contains six or seven species of shrubs with short-lived stems with soft wood, growing to 1-2.5 m tall. One species, Leycesteria formosa (Himalayan honeysuckle or flowering nutmeg), is a popular garden shrub in Britain.
Leycesteria was named for William Leycester, a horticulturist in Bengal in about 1820.[1]
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