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Styrax japonica (Japanese snowdrop tree)

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids > Order: Ericales > Family: Styracaceae

Native to Japan, Korea and China. Cultivated in gardens, including in southern Africa.

Styrax japonica (Japanese snowdrop tree) in New York Botanical Gardens. [photo H. Robertson, Iziko ©]