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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Weigela

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids > Euasterid II > Dipsacales > Family: Diervillaceae

About 12 species, native to E Asia. Four species have been cultivated as garden plants in southern Africa.

Species cultivated in southern Africa

List from Glen (2002).

Weigela coraeensis

Native to Japan.

 

Weigela florida

Native to China and Korea.

 

Weigela hortensis

Native to Japan.

 

Weigela japonica

Native to Japan.

Links

Publications

  • Glen, H.F. 2002. Cultivated Plants of Southern Africa. Jacana, Johannesburg.