Celastraceae
Euonymus

Euonymus nanus M.Bieb.

First published in Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 3: 160 (1819)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is NE. Romania to Caucasus, Central Asia to Mongolia and Central China. It is a subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

China North-Central, Inner Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krym, Mongolia, Qinghai, Romania, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

Introduced into:

Baltic States, Germany

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1967). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 2: 1-581. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
  • Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS Genera starting with letter E-F: 1-50919.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 1: 1-864. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Nowak, A. & Nobis, M. (eds.) (2020). Illustrated Flora of Tajikistan and adjacent areas 1: 1-366. PAN, Polish academy of sciences.
  • Ovchinnikov, P.N. (ed.) (1981). Flora Tadzhikskoi SSR 6: 1-725. Izd-vo Akademii nauk SSSR, Moskva.
  • Stalažs, A. (2024). List of vascular plants of Latvia (with Latvian names): 1-312. Dobele.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2008). Flora of China 11: 1-622. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
  • Zhao, Y.Z., Zhao, L.Q. & Rui, C. (eds.) (2019). Flora Intramongolica, edition 3, 3: 1-513. Typis Intramongolicae popularis, Huhhot.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Abdulina, S.A. (1999). Spisok Sosudistykn Rastenii Kazakhstana: 1-187. Academy of Sciences, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 1: 1-864. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Ovchinnikov, P.N. (ed.) (1981). Flora Tadzhikskoi SSR 6: 1-725. Izd-vo Akademii nauk SSSR, Moskva.
  • Stalažs, A. (2024). List of vascular plants of Latvia (with Latvian names): 1-312. Dobele.
  • Vvedensky, A.I. (ed.) (1959). Flora Uzbekistana 4: 1-507. Izd-va Akademii nauk Uzbekskoi SSR, Tashkent.
  • Zhao, Y.Z., Zhao, L.Q. & Rui, C. (eds.) (2019). Flora Intramongolica, edition 3, 3: 1-513. Typis Intramongolicae popularis, Huhhot.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [s.n.] K005161951 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K005161947 Yes
Gusuleac, M. [s.n.] K005158708 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K005161943 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K005158707 Yes
Przewalski, N.M. [s.n.] Mongolia K005159569 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K005158703 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K005161948 Yes
Korolkoff [76] Kyrgyzstan K005158912 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K005161949 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K005161955 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K005161942 Yes
Borza, A.; Petrescu, C. [s.n.] K005158706 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K005161945 Yes
Merrill, G.M. [172] K005161941 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K005161944 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K005161954 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K005161952 Yes
Merrill, G.M. [172] K005161940 Yes
Przewalski, N.M. [s.n.] China K005159570 Yes
Landrein, S. [169] Kyrgyzstan K000493424 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K005161953 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K005161946 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K005158704 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K005158705 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images