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Philadelphus (/ ˌ f ɪ l ə ˈ d ɛ l f ə s / [2]) (mock-orange) is a genus of about 60 species of shrubs from 3–20 ft (1–6 m) tall, native to North America, Central America, Asia and (locally) in southeast Europe.
A famous papyrus published at the end of the 19th century by Bernard Pyne Grenfell, the papyrus Revenue Laws is a comprehensive set of regulations on farm taxes in the reign of Ptolemy II Philadelphus (283–246), more precisely for the year –259/–258. This document contains tax regulations for the understanding of how Ptolemy II ...
The poem is a panegyric or encomium of Ptolemy II Philadelphus, who reigned from 285 to 247 BC. [1] Hauler, in his Life of Theocritus, dates the poem about 259 BC, but it may have been many years earlier. [2] The references to historical personages and events, coupled with a comparison with Idyll XVI, point to 273 as the date of the poem. [1]
Philadelphus microphyllus is a species of Philadelphus known by the common names littleleaf mock-orange or desert syringa. [3] It is native to northern Mexico and the southwestern quadrant of the United States as far north as Wyoming, where it grows in scrub and brush habitat in foothills and mountains, often in very rocky areas, sometimes anchoring itself in rock cracks and crevices.
Philadelphus incanus, the hairy mock orange, [1] is a deciduous shrub in the genus Philadelphus. Native to China , it is a medium to large shrub characterised by its hairy leaves and later flowering than other members of the genus.
Philadelphus × purpureomaculatus; S. Philadelphus satsumi This page was last edited on 30 May 2018, at 04:27 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
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Philadelphus purpurascens is a deciduous shrub native to Yunnan and Sichuan in southwestern China, growing in mixed forests, thickets and on mountain slopes. It is a shrub growing 1.5–4 metres (4 ft 11 in – 13 ft 1 in) tall. The leaves are ovate to elliptic, glabrous or sparsely villous along the veins.