| Stachyurus | |
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| Stachyurus praecox flowers. | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Crossosomatales |
| Family: | Stachyuraceae J.Agardh |
| Genus: | Stachyurus Siebold &Zucc. |
| Species | |
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Stachyurus is the onlygenus in theflowering plantfamilyStachyuraceae,[1]native to theHimalayas and eastern Asia. They aredeciduous shrubs or small trees with pendent racemes of 4-petalled flowers which appear on the bare branches before the leaves.[2] The plants have leaves withserrate margins.
Pendunculagin,casuarictin,strictinin,casuarinin andcasuariin areellagitannins found in species in this genus.[3]
Stachyurus praecox from Japan, and the slightly later-floweringS. chinensis from China, are both cultivated as ornamental plants, valued for their exceptionally early flowering periods.
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