Diabelia spathulata

Diabelia spathulata, synonym Abelia spathulata, is a species of flowering plant in the honeysuckle family (Caprifoliaceae). It is a shrub native to southern Korea and central and southern Japan.^[1]

Diabelia spathulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Dipsacales
Family:	Caprifoliaceae
Genus:	Diabelia
Species:	D. spathulata
Binomial name
Diabelia spathulata (Siebold & Zucc.) Landrein (2010)[1]
Varieties[1]
Diabelia spathulata var. colorata (H.Hara & S.Kuros.) Landrein Diabelia spathulata var. miyagii Landrein Diabelia spathulata var. spathulata
Synonyms[1]
Abelia spathulata Siebold & Zucc. (1839) Linnaea spathulata (Siebold & Zucc.) Graebn. (1900)

Three varieties are accepted.^[1]

• Diabelia spathulata var. colorata (H.Hara & S.Kuros.) Landrein – Japan (Honshu)
• Diabelia spathulata var. miyagii Landrein – Japan (Honshu)
• Diabelia spathulata var. spathulata – southern Korea and central and southern Japan