JOURNAL OF NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY ›› 2021, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (3): 245-246.doi: 10.12302/j.issn.1000-2006.202007034

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Osmanthus fragrans ‘Dongrong’: a new cultivar of osmanthus

WU Qichao(), MA Yan, LI Chengcheng, XU Jianjun, YAO Yanjun, ZANG Dekui*()   

  1. Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration of the Lower Yellow River, Forestry College, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an 271018,China
  • Received:2020-07-18 Revised:2021-04-06 Online:2021-05-30 Published:2021-05-31
  • Contact: ZANG Dekui E-mail:472548288@qq.com;zangdk@sdau.edu.cn

Abstract:

【Objective】As one of the top ten traditional famous flowers in China, Osmanthus fragrans is a kind of resource plant with various utilization values. The breeding of new varieties is of positive significance to the development of O. fragrans industrialization. 【Method】It was bred from hybrid-seedlings of Osmanthus fragrans and Osmanthus heterophyllus, then DUS tests were conducted on the founded specific single plants . 【Result】The young leaves of ‘Dongrong’ are deep purple-red, so does the petioles when they are young. The base of the leaves is round, and the leaf margins are with dense serrate and yellow band. 【Conclution】With meeting the requirements of new plant varieties for specificity, consistency and stability, ‘Dongrong’ possesses the characteristics of cold resistance and high ornamental value.

Key words: Osmanthus fragrans, Osmanthus heterophyllus, cultivar, ‘Dongrong’

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