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Accession Data:

Heptacodium miconioides Rehder

  • Common Name: Seven Sons plant
  • Family: Caprifoliaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: China (Anhui, Hubei, Zhejiang)
  • Habitat: woodlands or on the edge of evergreen broadleaved forest

  • USDA Zone: 5a-9b

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201500077
  • Source: Matt Opel
  • Provenance: cuttings from cultivated tree on UConn campus
  • Accession Date: 06-02-2015
  • Bench: 2102 - MED:Mediterranean B
    • Currently: dormant
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 01-08-2025
  • Restrictions:
    • IUCN Red List: Species Vulnerable or Habitat Critically Threatened

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: euasterid II
  • Order: Dipsacales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Caprifoliaceae
  • SubFamily: Caprifolioideae
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016

References (internal):

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: China South-Central / China Southeast

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Sunday, September 03, 2017.
  2. Heptacodium miconioides at Wikipedia. Accessed 2 June 2015.
  3. World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Heptacodium miconioides. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.1. Accessed 02 June 2015.
  4. Heptacodium miconioides at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Sunday, September 03, 2017.
  5. Heptacodium miconioides at Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Last accessed on Sunday, September 03, 2017.

data regenerated on Wed, 08 Jan 2025 15:19:41 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Caprifoliaceae

Subfamily Caprifolioideae

  • Heptacodium miconioides
  • Leycesteria formosa

Subfamily Diervilloideae

  • Diervilla rivularis Kodiak Red

Subfamily Linnaeoideae

  • Abelia x grandiflora

Subfamily Valerianoideae

  • Centranthus ruber
  • Patrinia scabiosifolia
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