Zenobia, called honeycup, is a North American genus of shrubs in the family Ericaceae.
Description
Zenobia is a hairless shrub, sometimes with a waxy coating on the foliage. The leaves are elliptical or egg-shaped. The plant has numerous white flowers in flat-topped or elongated arrays, each flower has 5 separate sepals and 5 united petals, forming a bell-shaped corolla. Each flower can produce up to 200 egg-shaped seeds in a dry capsule.[1]
Fossil record
10 fossil fruits of †Zenobia fasterholtensis have been described from middle Miocene strata of the Fasterholt area near Silkeborg in Central Jutland, Denmark.[2]
- Species[3]
- Zenobia cassinefolia (Vent.) Pollard
- Zenobia pulverulenta (W. Bartram ex Willd.) Pollard
- Zenobia speciosa (Michx.) D. Don
References
- ^ Flora of North America, Zenobia D. Don, 1834.
- ^ Angiosperm Fruits and Seeds from the Middle Miocene of Jutland (Denmark) by Else Marie Friis, The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters 24:3, 1985
- ^ The Plant List, search for Zenobia
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