Dipelta

Dipelta is a genus of three large, deciduous shrubs that are members of the family Caprifoliaceae. They are native to north-central and southern China, southeastern Tibet, and northern Myanmar,^[1] but have been cultivated widely as decorative garden plants. They have attractive peeling bark, bell-shaped flowers carried singly or in corymbs and fruit with papery bracts. They develop in a rounded shape and attain a height of about 3–4 metres (10–13 ft).^[2][3] The leaves are simple, oval to lance shaped and borne in opposite pairs.

Dipelta
Dipelta floribunda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Dipsacales
Family:	Caprifoliaceae
Subfamily:	Linnaeoideae
Genus:	Dipelta Maxim. (1877)
Species[1]
Dipelta elegans Batalin Dipelta floribunda Maxim. Dipelta yunnanensis Franch.
Synonyms[1]
Cavaleriella H.Lév. (1914)

Dipelta floribunda has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.^[4]

Species

Three species are accepted.^[1]

• Dipelta elegans Batalin – Gansu and northern Sichuan in west-central China
• Dipelta floribunda Maxim. – central and east-central China
• Dipelta yunnanensis Franch. – south-central China, southeastern Tibet, and northern Myanmar