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Osmanthus ×fortunei

Osmanthus ×fortunei Carrière

fortune’s osmanthus, fortune’s sweet olive

PLANT INDEX

ID_PLANT: OSFO
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Osmanthus ×fortunei
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Last Modified: 2020-01-01

GENUS INDEX

GENUS CODE: OSMAN
GENUS SCIENTIFIC: Osmanthus
GENUS AUTHORITY: Lour.
GENUS COMMON: Devilwood
GENUS SUMMARY: A genus of about 10-25 species, shrubs and trees, of se. Asia (most species) and se. North America.
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GENUS REFERENCES: Hardin (1974)=Z; Guo et al. (2011); Green in Kadereit (2004).

FAMILY INDEX

FAMILY CODE: OLEACE
FAMILY SCIENTIFIC: Oleaceae
FAMILY AUTHORITY: Hoffmansegg & Link 1813
FAMILY COMMON: Olive Family
FAMILY SUMMARY: A family of about 25 genera and 600-615 species, trees and shrubs, nearly cosmopolitan, but centered in Asia.
FAMILY REFERENCE: Hardin (1974)=Z; Green in Kadereit (2004).

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SYMMETRY: Radial (Actinomorphic)
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GRIM ACCESSIONS

acc_id acc_num acc_dt coll_id Action
936 1985-0626 View
8010 2004-0018 View

GRIM PLANTINGS

plt_num acc_id loc_num pers_num inst_dt Action
1732 936 159 NCBG staff 0000-00-00 View
11258 8010 172 NCBG staff 2003-04-08 View

USDA PLANTS DATABASE

USDA Symbol: OSFO
USDA Common Name: Fortune`S Osmanthus
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WEAKLEY FLORA

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Osmanthus ×fortunei
COMMON NAME: Fortune’s Sweet Olive, Fortune’s Osmanthus
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HABITAT: Suburban woodlands, escaped from horticultural plantings; rare, hybrid originating in Japan of two species native of Japan.
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RANGE MAP: Osmanthus ×fortunei.png

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ABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora)
Oleaceae Hoffmansegg & Link 1813 (Olive Family)
SUMMARY: A family of about 25 genera and 600-615 species, trees and shrubs, nearly cosmopolitan, but centered in Asia.
REFERENCE: Hardin (1974)=Z; Green in Kadereit (2004).
ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora)
Osmanthus Lour. (Devilwood)
SUMMARY: A genus of about 10-25 species, shrubs and trees, of se. Asia (most species) and se. North America.
REFERENCE: Hardin (1974)=Z; Guo et al. (2011); Green in Kadereit (2004).

HERBARIUM RESOURCES

SERNEC: Find Osmanthus ×fortunei in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)
UNC SERNEC: Find Osmanthus ×fortunei in University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)

WEB RESOURCES

USDA: Find Osmanthus ×fortunei in USDA Plants
NPIN: Find Osmanthus ×fortunei in NPIN Database
FNA: Find Osmanthus ×fortunei in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Osmanthus ×fortunei

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