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Kolkwitzia

Family

Caprifoliaceae

The flowers of Kolkwitzia resemble those of the closely allied Abelia but are borne in pairs and the fruits are very distinct, being bristly and prolonged at the apex into a narrow beak, so that the persistent sepals, which are also bristly, appear to be borne on a stalk. The sepals do not, however, enlarge in fruit as they do in Abelia. The genus contains the single species described below and is named in honour of Richard Kolkwitz, a German professor of botany.

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