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Forsythia x intermedia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Lamiales Family: Oleaceae Genus: Forsythia
Species
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Forsythia is both the common name and botanical name of a plant genus belonging to the Oleaceae (Olive family). It is named after William Forsyth, and comprises six species of deciduous shrubs to 3-6 m tall, mostly native to Asia, but one native to southeastern Europe. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x768, 644 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Forsythia Karl Sax Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum (a fern... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also called angiosperms) are a major group of land plants. ... Orders see text Dicotyledons or dicots are flowering plants whose seed contains two embryonic leaves or cotyledons. ... Families See text The Order Lamiales is a taxon in the asterid group of dicotyledonous flowering plants. ... Genera Abeliophyllum - Chionanthus - Fringetree Fontanesia - Forestieria - Swamp-privet Forsythia - Forsythia Fraxinus - Ash Jasminum - Jasmine Ligustrum - Privet Notelaea - Nyctanthes - Olea - Olive Osmanthus - Osmanthus Phillyrea - Mock-privet Picconia - Schrebera - Syringa - Lilac Oleaceae, the olive family, is a plant family containing 24 genera of woody plants, including shrubs, trees and vines. ... Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum (a fern... Genera Abeliophyllum - Chionanthus - Fringetree Fontanesia - Forestieria - Swamp-privet Forsythia - Forsythia Fraxinus - Ash Jasminum - Jasmine Ligustrum - Privet Notelaea - Nyctanthes - Olea - Olive Osmanthus - Osmanthus Phillyrea - Mock-privet Picconia - Schrebera - Syringa - Lilac Oleaceae, the olive family, is a plant family containing 24 genera of woody plants, including shrubs, trees and vines. ... William Forsyth (1737 - 1804) was a Scottish botanist. ... Deciduous means temporary or tending to fall off (deriving from the Latin word decidere, to fall off). ... A broom shrub in flower A shrub or bush is a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 6 m tall. ... World map showing Asia. ... World map showing Europe Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiogeographic one. ...

The leaves are opposite, usually simple but sometimes trifoliate with a basal pair of small leaflets, and range from 4-12 cm long; the margin is serrated. The flowers are produced in the early spring before the leaves, bright yellow with four petals. The fruit is a dry capsule, containing several winged seeds. In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant organ specialized for photosynthesis. ... Clivia miniata bears bright orange flowers. ... Fruit stall in Barcelona, Catalonia. ... SEED is a block cipher developed by the Korean Information Security Agency. ...

Forsythias are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Brown-tail and The Gothic. A larva (Latin; plural larvae) is a juvenile form of animal with indirect development, undergoing metamorphosis (for example, insects or amphibians). ... Super Families Butterflies Hesperioidea Papilionoidea Moths Micropterigoidea Heterobathmioidea Eriocranioidea Acanthopteroctetoidea Lophocoronoidea Neopseustoidea Mnesarchaeoidea Hepialoidea Nepticuloidea Incurvarioidea Palaephatoidea Tischeriodea Simaethistoidea Tineoidea Gracillarioidea Yponomeutoidea Gelechioidea Zygaenoidea Sesioidea Cossoidea Tortricoidea Choreutoida Urodoidea Galacticoidea Schreckensteinioidea Epermenioidea Pterophoroidea Aluctoidea Immoidea Axioidea Hyblaeoidea Thyridoidea Whalleyanoidea Pyraloidea Mimallonoidea Lasiocampoidea Geometroidea Drepanoidea Bombycoidea Calliduloidae Hedyloidea Noctuoidea Families About... Binomial name Euproctis chrysorrhoea Linnaeus, 1758 The Brown-tail (Euproctis chrysorrhoea) is a moth of the family Lymantriidae. ... Binomial name Naenia typica Linnaeus, 1758 The Gothic (Naenia typica) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. ...

Forsythia x intermedia - young leaves

The species are: Image File history File linksMetadata Forsythia. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Forsythia. ...

• Forsythia europaea, from the Balkans
• Forsythia giraldiana, from northwest China
• Forsythia japonica from Japan
• Forsythia ovata, from Korea
• Forsythia suspensa, from China
• Forsythia viridissima, from China

The hybrids Forsythia x intermedia (F. suspensa x F. viridissima) and Forsythia x variabilis (F. ovata x F. suspensa) have been produced in cultivation. The Balkans is the historic and geographic name used to describe a region of south-eastern Europe. ... Korea refers to South Korea and North Korea together, which were a unified country until 1948. ... In biology, hybrid has three meanings. ...

Cultivation and uses

A Forsythia

Forsythias are popular early spring flowering shrubs in gardens and parks. Two are commonly cultivated for ornament, Forsythia x intermedia and Forsythia suspensa. They are both spring flowering shrubs, with yellow flowers. They are grown and prized for being tough, reliable garden plants. Forsythia x intermedia is the more commonly grown, is smaller, has an upright habit, and produces strongly coloured flowers. Forsythia suspensa is a large to very large shrub, can be grown as a weeping shrub on banks, and has paler flowers. Many named garden cultivars can also be found. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1944x2592, 2281 KB) A Forsythia inside the courtyard of ENS Ulm Copyright (c) 2005 David Monniaux File links The following pages link to this file: Forsythia ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1944x2592, 2281 KB) A Forsythia inside the courtyard of ENS Ulm Copyright (c) 2005 David Monniaux File links The following pages link to this file: Forsythia ... // Headline text Insert non-formatted text here--82. ... An Australian park A park is any of a number of geographic features. ... This Osteospermum Pink Whirls is a successful cultivar. ...

Commercial propagation is usually by cuttings, taken from green wood after flowering in late spring to early summer; alternatively, cuttings may be taken between November and February. Best results are usually had from dipping the cuttings in hormone rooting powder before inserting into pots of moist compost. The potted cuttings should then be sealed inside plastic bags to prevent moisture loss.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to:

Forsythia

• BBC - summer cuttings
• BBC - Forsythia page
• Royal Horticultural Society

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