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Deutzia is a genus
Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
 of about 60 species of shrub
Shrub

A shrub or bush is a horticulture rather than strictly Botany category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 5-6 m tall....
s in the family Hydrangeaceae
Hydrangeaceae

Hydrangeaceae is a Family of flowering plants in the order Cornales, with a wide distribution in Asia and North America, and locally in southeastern Europe....
, native to eastern and central Asia
Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....
 (from the Himalaya east to Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
 and the Philippines
Philippines

The Philippines, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a country in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. It comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean....
), and Central America
Central America

Central America is a central geography region of the Americas. It is the southernmost, isthmus portion of the North American continent, which connects with South America on the southeast....
 and also Europe. By far the highest species diversity is in China, where 50 species occur.

The species are shrubs ranging from 1-4 m in height. Most are deciduous
Deciduous

Deciduous means falling off at maturity or tending to fall off and is typically used in reference to trees or shrubs that lose their leaves seasonally and to the shedding of other plant structures such as petals after flowering or fruit when ripe....
, but a few subtropical species are evergreen
Evergreen

In botany, an evergreen plant is a plant having leaf all year round. This contrasts with deciduous plants, which completely lose their foliage for part of the year....
. The leaves
Leaf

In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant Organ specialized for photosynthesis. For this purpose, a leaf is typically flat and thin, to expose the cells containing chloroplast to light over a broad area, and to allow light to penetrate fully into the tissues....
 are opposite, simple, with a serrated margin.






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Deutzia is a genus
Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
 of about 60 species of shrub
Shrub

A shrub or bush is a horticulture rather than strictly Botany category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 5-6 m tall....
s in the family Hydrangeaceae
Hydrangeaceae

Hydrangeaceae is a Family of flowering plants in the order Cornales, with a wide distribution in Asia and North America, and locally in southeastern Europe....
, native to eastern and central Asia
Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....
 (from the Himalaya east to Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
 and the Philippines
Philippines

The Philippines, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a country in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. It comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean....
), and Central America
Central America

Central America is a central geography region of the Americas. It is the southernmost, isthmus portion of the North American continent, which connects with South America on the southeast....
 and also Europe. By far the highest species diversity is in China, where 50 species occur.

The species are shrubs ranging from 1-4 m in height. Most are deciduous
Deciduous

Deciduous means falling off at maturity or tending to fall off and is typically used in reference to trees or shrubs that lose their leaves seasonally and to the shedding of other plant structures such as petals after flowering or fruit when ripe....
, but a few subtropical species are evergreen
Evergreen

In botany, an evergreen plant is a plant having leaf all year round. This contrasts with deciduous plants, which completely lose their foliage for part of the year....
. The leaves
Leaf

In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant Organ specialized for photosynthesis. For this purpose, a leaf is typically flat and thin, to expose the cells containing chloroplast to light over a broad area, and to allow light to penetrate fully into the tissues....
 are opposite, simple, with a serrated margin. The flower
Flower

A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproduction structure found in flowering plants . The biological function of a flower is to mediate the union of male sperm with female ovum in order to produce seeds....
s are produced in panicle
Panicle

A panicle is a compound raceme, a loose, much-branched Indeterminate growth inflorescence with Pedicel flowers attached along the secondary branches ....
s or corymbs; they are white in most species, sometimes pink or reddish. The fruit
Fruit

The term fruit has different meanings dependent on context, and the term is not synonymous in food preparation and biology. In botany, which is the scientific study of plants, fruits are the ripened Ovary of flowering plants....
 is a dry capsule
Capsule (fruit)

In botany a capsule is a type of simple, dry fruit produced by many species of flowering plants. A capsule is a dehiscent structure composed of two or more carpels, that, at maturity, split apart to release the seeds within....
 containing numerous small seed
Seed

A seed is a small Plant embryogenesis plant enclosed in a covering called the seed coat, usually with some Food storage. It is the product of the ripened ovule of gymnosperm and angiosperm plants which occurs after fertilization and some growth within the mother plant....
s. Identification of the species is very difficult, requiring often microscopic detail of the leaf hairs and seed capsule structure.

Selected species
  • Deutzia albida
  • Deutzia aspera
  • Deutzia baroniana
  • Deutzia bhutanensis
  • Deutzia bomiensis
  • Deutzia breviloba
  • Deutzia calycosa
  • Deutzia cinerascens
  • Deutzia compacta
  • Deutzia coreana
  • Deutzia coriacea
  • Deutzia corymbosa
  • Deutzia crassidentata
  • Deutzia crassifolia
  • Deutzia crenata - Crenate Deutzia
  • Deutzia cymuligera
  • Deutzia discolor
  • Deutzia esquirolii
  • Deutzia faberi
  • Deutzia glabrata
  • Deutzia glauca
  • Deutzia glaucophylla
  • Deutzia globosa
  • Deutzia glomeruliflora
  • Deutzia gracilis
    Deutzia gracilis

    Deutzia gracilis is a plant in the hydrangea family, Hydrangeaceae....
     - Slender Deutzia
  • Deutzia grandiflora
  • Deutzia heterophylla
  • Deutzia hookeriana
  • Deutzia hypoglauca
  • Deutzia longifolia
  • Deutzia maximowicziana
  • Deutzia mollis
  • Deutzia monbeigii
  • Deutzia muliensis
  • Deutzia multiradiata
  • Deutzia nanchuanensis
  • Deutzia ningpoensis
  • Deutzia obtusilobata
  • Deutzia parviflora - Mongolian Deutzia
  • Deutzia pilosa
  • Deutzia pulchra
  • Deutzia purpurascens
  • Deutzia reflexa
  • Deutzia rehderiana
  • Deutzia rubens
  • Deutzia scabra - Fuzzy Deutzia
  • Deutzia schneideriana
  • Deutzia setchuenensis
  • Deutzia silvestrii
  • Deutzia squamosa
  • Deutzia staminea
  • Deutzia subulata
  • Deutzia taibaiensis
  • Deutzia taiwanensis
  • Deutzia taiwanensis
  • Deutzia wardiana
  • Deutzia yunnanensis
  • Deutzia zhongdianensis

    • Cultivation and uses

    Deutzia Scabra Plena
    Deutzias are commonly grown as ornamental plant
    Ornamental plant

    Ornamental plants are typically grown in the flower garden or as house plants. Most commonly they are grown for the display of their flowers. Other common ornamental features include leaves, scent, fruit, Plant stem and bark....
    s for their white flowers. Many cultivar
    Cultivar

    A cultivar is a cultivated plant that has been selected and given a unique name because of its decorative or useful characteristics; it is usually distinct from similar plants and when Plant propagation it retains those characteristics....
    s and hybrids have been selected for garden use, including selections with double flowers. For example, Deutzia x lemoinei is a hybrid of D. gracilis and D. parviflora. Identification can be difficult, and in particular, many of the plants in cultivation sold as D. scabra are actually D. crenata (Huxley 1992). Some species are sometimes known as "Pride-of-Rochester" in cultivation.