Scientific name Ptelea Rank Genus | Subfamily Toddalioideae | |
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Similar Ptelea trifoliata, Rutaceae, Helietta, Thamnosma, Cneoridium |
Ptelea is a genus of flowering plants in the citrus family, Rutaceae. The name, of Greek derivation, is the classical name of the elm tree. Carl Linnaeus used that word for this genus because of the resemblance of its fruit to that of the elm. Members of the genus are commonly known as hoptrees.
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Ptelea garden plants
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