Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Abelia
Description
Physical Description
Flowers: Bloom Period: June, July, August. • Flower Color: magenta, near white, white
Size/Age/Growth
Size: 4-6' tall.
Biology
Growth
Culture: Space 4-6' apart.
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Shade.
Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b. (map)
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
)
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
)
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
)
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
)
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
)
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
)
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Asteridae
(
)
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Dipsacanae
(
)
- (Dumortier, 1829) Takhtajan, 1997
- Order:
Dipsacales
(
)
- Dumortier, 1829
- Family:
Caprifoliaceae
(
)
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
- Genus:
Abelia
(
)
- Specific epithet:
uniflora
- R.Br.
- Botanical name: - Abelia uniflora R.Br.
- Specific epithet:
uniflora
- R.Br.
- Genus:
Abelia
(
- Family:
Caprifoliaceae
(
- Order:
Dipsacales
(
- Superorder:
Dipsacanae
(
- Subclass:
Asteridae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Publishing author
: R.Br. Publication
: in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. i. 14.
t. 15.
An accepted name
in the RHS
Horticultural Database.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Abelia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 27 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
A. biflora (Abelia) · A. chinensis (Chinese Abelia) · A. engleriana (Abelia) · A. floribunda (Mexican Abelia) · A. graebneriana (Abelia) · A. grandiflora (Glossy Abelia) · A. mosanensis (Hardy Abelia) · A. mosanensis 'Monia' (Bridal Bouquet® Abelia) · A. parvifolia 'Bumble Bee' (Abelia) · A. schumannii (Schumanns Abelia) · A. spathulata (Twin-Flowering Abelia) · A. triflora (Abelia) · A. uniflora (Abelia) · A. x grandiflora (Glossy Abelia) · A. x grandiflora 'Dwarf' (Glossy Abelia) · A. x grandiflora 'Compacta' (Glossy Abelia) · A. x grandiflora 'Confetti' (Confetti Glossy Abelia) · A. x grandiflora 'Edward Goucher' (Edward Goucher Glossy Abelia) · A. x grandiflora 'Francis Mason' (Golden Abelia) · A. x grandiflora 'Hopleys' (Glossy Abelia) · A. x grandiflora 'Kaleidoscope' (Abelia) · A. x grandiflora 'Prostrata' (Prostrate White Abelia) · A. x grandiflora 'Rose Creek' (Glossy Abelia) · A. × grandiflora 'Sherwoodii' (Sherwood Abelia) · A. x grandiflora 'Sunrise' (Sunrise Variegated Abelia) · A. zanderi (Glossy Abelia) · A. grandiflora (Glossy Abelia)
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Further Reading
- A manual of poisonous plants, chiefly of eastern North America, with brief notes on economic and medicinal plants, and numerous illustrations, by L.H. Pammel Cedar Rapids, Ia., The Torch press, 1911. url p. 919.
- A manual of poisonous plants: chiefly of eastern North America, with brief notes on economic and medicinal plants, and numerous illustrations / by L. H. Pammel. 1911 Cedar Rapids, Ia.: The Torch Press, 1910-11. url p. 812.
- Addisonia: colored illustrations and popular descriptions of plants. 2 1917 New York: New York Botanical Garden, 1916-[1964]. url p. 18.
- Bulletin of miscellaneous information /Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 1907 London: H.M. Stationery Office, 1900-1941. url p. 394.
- Curtis's botanical magazine. 108 1882 London; New York [etc.]: Academic Press [etc.] url , , .
- Hand-list of Coniferae: grown in the Royal botanic gardens. London: Printed for H. M. Stationery off. by Darling & son, Ltd., 1903. url p. 435.
- Hand-list of trees and shrubs, excluding Coniferae, grown in Arboretum. LondonPrinted for H.M. Stationery Off., by Darling1902 url p. 435.
- Journal of botany, British and foreign. London: Robert Hardwicke, 1863-1942. url p. 131.
- Journal of the New York Botanical Garden. 28 1927 Lancaster, Pa.: Published for the Garden by the New Era Printing Co., 1900- url p. 238.
- Lindley, J. Paxton's flower garden /by Professor Lindley and Sir Joseph Paxton. 2 1853 London: Bradbury and Evans, [1850]-1853. url p. 145.
- New illustrated encyclopedia of gardening, unabridged. Edited by T.H. Everett, with contributions from twenty horticulturists and authorities in the United States and Canada. New York, Greystone Press[1964-] url p. 15.
- Plantae Wilsonianae; an enumeration of the woody plants collected in western China for the Arnold arboretum of Harvard university during the years 1907, 1908, and 1910, by E. H. Wilson, ed. by Charles Sprague Sargent. Cambridge, The University press, 1913-17. url p. 118, p. 119, p. 119, p. 123, p. 123, p. 125, p. 125, p. 126, p. 126, p. 579, p. 583.
- Practical hints on planting ornamental trees, with particular reference to coniferae... by Standish and Noble. London, Bradbury and Evans, 1852. url p. 121.
- Sargent, C. S. Plantae Wilsonianae: an enumeration of the woody plants collected in western China for the Arnold arboretum of Harvard university during the years 1907, 1908, and 1910 /by E. H. Wilson, ed. by Charles Sprague Sargent. 1 1913 Cambridge: The University press, 1913-17. url p. 118, p. 119, p. 123, p. 125, p. 126, p. 129, p. 579, p. 583.
- The Bradley bibliography; a guide to the literature of the woody plants of the world published before the beginning of the twentieth century; Cambridge, Riverside Press, 1911-18. url p. 480, p. 748, p. 834.
- The Garden: an illustrated weekly journal of gardening in all its branches. London: [s.n., url , , , p. 272, p. 300, p. 356, p. 510, p. 528, p. 560, p. 562.
- The Gardeners' chronicle and agricultural gazette. 1854 London: published for the proprietors, 1844-1873. url p. 130, p. 146, p. 384, p. 642, p. 643, p. 658, p. 658, p. 691.
- The Gardeners' chronicle: a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. London: [Gardeners Chronicle], 1874-1955. url , p. 172, p. 234, p. 260, p. 321, p. 323, p. 43, p. 625.
- The Journal of horticulture, cottage gardener and country gentlemen. London: George W. Johnson and Robert Hogg, 1861-1877. url , p. 276, p. 315, p. 504, p. 97.
- The Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany. 23 1886-88 London: the Society: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green: ||Williams and Norgate, 1865-1968. url p. 359.
- The florist, fruitist, and garden miscellany. London: Chapman and Hall, 1852- url p. 148.
- The journal of the Horticultural Society of London. London, [England]: Published for the Society, by Longman and Co., 1846-1855. url p. 212.
- The miscellaneous botanical works of Robert Brown vol. II, containing III. systematic memoirs, and IV. contributions to systematic works. London: Published for the Ray Society by R. Hardwicke, 1867. url .
- The pinetum: being a synopsis of all the coniferous plants at present known, with descriptions, history and synonyms, and a comprehensive systematic index. LondonH.G. Bohn [etc.]1880 url , .
- The standard cyclopedia of horticulture; a discussion, for the amateur, and the professional and commercial grower, of the kinds, characteristics and methods of cultivation of the species of plants grown in the regions of the United States a Illustrated with colored plates, four thousand engravings in the text, and ninety-six full-page cuts. New York, Macmillan, 1919 [c1914] url p. 1180.
- Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. Wellington: New Zealand Institute. url p. 394.
- Trees and shrubs hardy in the British Isles / by W. J. Bean. London: J. Murray, 1916. url p. 114, p. 115, p. 116.
- Trees and shrubs, hardy in the British isles. LondonJ. Murray1914 url p. 115, p. 116.
Notes
Contributors
- The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 9032414
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:148235-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 148235-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 998568
