Zenobia (plant) explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=135288 Flora of North America, Zenobia D. Don, 1834.
  2. 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
  3. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Zenobia The Plant List, search for Zenobia