Osteomeles Lindl.

Osteomeles (en)

Genus

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rosaceae

Characteristics

Shrubs deciduous or evergreen; buds small, with several narrow scales. Leaves imparipinnate; stipules linear to lanceolate; rachis narrowly winged; leaflets opposite, sessile or shortly petiolulate, small, margin entire. Corymb terminal, numerous flowered; bracts caducous. Hypanthium campanulate. Sepals 5. Petals 5, white. Stamens 20. Ovary inferior; 5-loculed, with 1 ovule per locule; styles 5, free. Fruit a small pome, with persistent erect sepals; seeds erect; cotyledons plano-convex.
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Foliage retention evergreen
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Images

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Distribution

Osteomeles world distribution map, present in China and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:33929-1
WFO ID wfo-4000027407
COL ID 63GQP
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 445919
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Synonyms

Osteomeles Eleutherocarpum

Lower taxons

Osteomeles anthyllidifolia Osteomeles schwerinae Osteomeles cordata