- Family:
- Caprifoliaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Symphoricarpos Duhamel
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus Moench

Native to:
Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Northeast, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
Introduced into:
Bulgaria, New York, Ontario
- Lonicera symphoricarpos L.
- Symphoria conglomerata Pers.
- Symphoria glomerata Pursh
- Symphoria parviflora H.Buek
- Symphoria rubra Raf.
- Symphoria vulgaris D.Dietr.
- Symphoricarpos conglomeratus Pers.
- Symphoricarpos erythrocarpus K.Koch
- Symphoricarpos glomeratus K.Koch
- Symphoricarpos imberbis Tausch
- Symphoricarpos orbiculatus f. leucocarpus (D.M.Andrews) Rehder
- Symphoricarpos spicatus Engelm.
- Symphoricarpos symphoricarpos MacMill.
- Symphoricarpos vulgaris Michx.
- Symphoricarpos vulgaris var. leucocarpus D.M.Andrews
- Symphoricarpos vulgaris var. spicatus (Engelm.) A.Gray
- English
- Indian Currant
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus Moench appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Lindheimer, F.J. [846], Texas | Symphoricarpos spicatus | K000797869 | Yes | ||
Lindheimer, F.J. [s.n.], Texas | Symphoricarpos spicatus | K000797868 | Yes |
First published in Methodus: 503 (1794)
Accepted by
- Bailey, C. & al. (2015). Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee: 1-813. University of Tennessee press.
- Delipavlov, D. & Cheshmedzhiev, I. (eds.) (2011). Opredelitel na rasteniiata v Bulgariia: 1-590. Akad. Isd. Agrar. Univers. Plovdiv.
- Gilman, A.V. (2015). New flora of Vermont Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 110: 1-614.
- Jones, R.L. (2005). Plant life of Kentucky. An illustrated guide to the vascular flora: 1-833. The universitry press of Kentucky.
- Kral, R., Diamond, A.R., Ginzbarg, S.L., Hansen, C.J., Haynes, R.R., Keener, B.R., Lelong, M.G., Spaulding, D.D. & Woods, M. (2011). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Alabama: 1-112. Botanical reseach institute of Texas.
- Mohlenbrock, R.H. (2014). Vascular Flora of Illinois. A Field Guide, ed. 4: 1-536. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
- Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Bailey, C. & al. (2015). Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee: 1-813. University of Tennessee press.
- Delipavlov, D. & Cheshmedzhiev, I. (eds.) (2011). Opredelitel na rasteniiata v Bulgariia: 1-590. Akad. Isd. Agrar. Univers. Plovdiv.
- Gilman, A.V. (2015). New flora of Vermont Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 110: 1-614.
- Jones, R.L. (2005). Plant life of Kentucky. An illustrated guide to the vascular flora: 1-833. The universitry press of Kentucky.
- Kral, R., Diamond, A.R., Ginzbarg, S.L., Hansen, C.J., Haynes, R.R., Keener, B.R., Lelong, M.G., Spaulding, D.D. & Woods, M. (2011). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Alabama: 1-112. Botanical reseach institute of Texas.
- Mohlenbrock, R.H. (2014). Vascular Flora of Illinois. A Field Guide, ed. 4: 1-536. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
- USDA, NRCS ( 2021-continuously updated). Natural Resources Conservation Services Plant Database http://plants.usda.gov/cgi_bin/topics.cgi?earl=checklist.html.
- USDA, NRCS (2005-2020). Natural Resources Conservation Services Plant Database http://plants.usda.gov/cgi_bin/topics.cgi?earl=checklist.html.
- Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
- Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542.
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