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Stace, C.A. (2010) New Flora of the British Isles. 3rd edition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Deciduous shrubs, up to 4 m. Leaves simple, opposite, with serrated margins, petiolate without stipules. Flowers in raceme-like cymes, terminal on lateral shoots. Sepals 5. Petals 5, white or tinged with pink. Ovary 3 celled. Fruit a 3-valved, dry capsule. Derivation of name: after Johann van der Deutz, c. 1743-1784, a patron of Thunberg Worldwide: About 60 species, the majority native to east and central Asia, also from Central America and Europe Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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