| 释义 |
kerria|ˈkɛrɪə|
[mod.L. (A. P. de Candolle 1817, in Trans. Linn. Soc. XII. 154), f. the name of William Ker or Kerr (d. 1814), English botanical collector.]
A deciduous shrub of the monotypic genus so called, native to China and Japan, belonging to the family Rosaceæ, and bearing single or double yellow flowers; = corchorus 2; white kerria, a closely related shrub, Rhodotypos kerrioides, which bears white flowers.
1823J. Lindley Donn's Hortus Cantabrigiensis (ed. 10) 200 Kerria japonica, Kerria. Japan... 1804. 1829J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants 455 Kerria. So named after Mr. William Ker, a botanical collector, who was sent some years since to China, whence he sent many curious plants. The plant named after him is the common Corchorus japonica of the gardens. 1836Edward's Bot. Reg. XXII. 1873 (heading) Japan Kerria. 1896J. H. Veitch Traveller's Notes vii. 112 Some lovely flowering bushes of double Kerria are..to be seen. 1900M. Thorn in W. D. Drury Bk. Gardening xi. 407 Rhodotypos kerrioides (White Kerria) is a charming and easily-grown shrub. Ibid. 465 The double-flowered Kerria (K. japonica florepleno) is a favourite wall-shrub. 1939W. J. Bean Wall Shrubs & Hardy Climbers ii. 100 The typical, single-flowered kerria is a spreading, twiggy shrub. 1951Dict. Gardening (R. Hort. Soc.) 1103/1 Kerria, White. See Rhodotypos kerrioides. 1970C. Lloyd Well-Tempered Garden iv. 356 Japanese quinces, weigelas, kerrias, mahonias..are all stripped by birds at various times. |