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Ptelea

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Rutaceae

Scientific name
  
Ptelea

Rank
  
Genus

Order
  
Sapindales

Subfamily
  
Toddalioideae

Higher classification
  
Rutaceae

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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


Selected species

  • Ptelea aptera Parry
  • Ptelea crenulata Greene – California hoptree
  • Ptelea trifoliata L. – Common hoptree
  • Ptelea trifoliata subsp. angustifolia (Benth.) V.L.Bailey
  • Ptelea trifoliata subsp. coahuilensis (Greene) V.L.Bailey
  • Ptelea trifoliata f. fastigiata (Bean) Rehder
  • Ptelea trifoliata subsp. pallida (Greene) V.L.Bailey
  • Ptelea trifoliata subsp. polyadenia (Greene) V.L.Bailey
  • Ptelea trifoliata f. pubescens (Pursh) Voss
  • Ptelea trifoliata subsp. trifoliata
  • Formerly placed here

  • Cliftonia monophylla (Lam.) Britton ex Sarg. (as P. monophylla Lam.)
  • Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustifolia (L.f.) J.G.West (as P. viscosa L.)
  • References

    Ptelea Wikipedia