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Cladrastis kentukea in full bloom

Cladrastis kentukea

Published by Daniel Mosquin on August 24, 2018

Cladrastis is a genus of about a half dozen species of pinnate-leaved, deciduous trees in the pea family (Fabaceae), all of them native to Asia except Cladrastis kentukea (American yellowwood), which is native to southeastern North America, and the only widely cultivated species. Though not particularly common or well-known locally, Cladrastis are beautiful trees. For […]

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Inflorescences of Bretschneidera sinensis

Bretschneidera sinensis

Published by Daniel Mosquin on April 4, 2018

The images in today’s post were taken in the mountains of northern Vietnam, close to the mountain known as Y Ty. This write-up is in large part gleaned from reminiscences and the original expedition blog post entitled Exploring the Rooftop of Vietnam, which was posted in April of 2017. As I wrote previously, Y Ty […]

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Sambucus adnata in southeast Tibet

Sambucus adnata

Published by Daniel Mosquin on August 24, 2017

Sambucus is a small genus of shrubs and perennials found primarily in temperate and subtropical forested areas of Europe, Asia, and North, Central, and South America. Elderberries are members of the Adoxaceae (the moschatel family), though older literature will indicate Caprifoliaceae (the honeysuckle family). However, repeated phylogenetic analyses have confirmed that Adoxaceae is the appropriate […]

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Flowers of Styrax tonkinensis

Styrax tonkinensis

Published by Daniel Mosquin on August 4, 2010

UBC Botanical Garden’s collection of Asian Styracaceae includes two species of Rehderodendron, three of Sinojackia, one Melliodendron, three Pterostyrax, one Halesia and eight species of Styrax, including this one.

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The flower of Magnolia insignis

Magnolia insignis

Published by Daniel Mosquin on July 3, 2009

As I’ve mentioned previously, I was recently at the South China Botanical Garden in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, for an international symposium on the Magnoliaceae. Following the symposium’s conclusion, I went on a tour of southern Yunnan Province in order to see magnolias in the wild. Together with my colleague Andrew Hill, Curator-Horticulturist of the David […]

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Bloom canopy of Prunus yedoensis 'Akebono'

Prunus yedoensis ‘Akebono’

Published by Daniel Mosquin on April 6, 2007

Prunus yedoensis ‘Akebono’ (daybreak cherry) is a medium sized tree with a stiff, upright-spreading crown, eventually becoming umbrella shaped, flowering in March or April, immediately following the purple-leaf plums in the Vancouver area. Flowers are produced abundantly, shell pink fading to nearly white. This cultivar is a seedling of Prunus yedoensis (Somei-yoshino cherry) that was […]

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