Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Dipsacales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Caprifoliaceae
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Symphoricarpos Duhamel, Traité Arbr. Arbust. 295 (1755)
Vernacular Name(s):
Snowberry; Waxberry
 Description

Deciduous, erect to almost prostrate shrubs. Winter buds with c. 2 pairs of outer scales. Lvs simple, entire or sometimes lobed, exstipulate. Fls terminal or axillary, forming clusters or spike-like racemes; bracts and bracteoles present. Calyx 4–5-lobed, small. Corolla 4–5-lobed, actinomorphic; tube campanulate to ± tubular. Stamens 4–5, included or slightly exserted. Ovary 4-celled, with 2 fertile and 2 sterile loculi; fertile loculi with 1 ovule. Style slender; stigma capitate. Fr. a berry-like drupe with 2, ± compressed pyrenes.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Exotic
Number of species in New Zealand within Symphoricarpos Duhamel
CategoryNumber
Exotic: Fully Naturalised2
Total2
 Bibliography
Duhamel du Monceau, H.L. 1755: Traité des Arbres et Arbustes. Edition 2.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.