Fabaceae

Cercis L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 374 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Subtropical to Temp. Northern Hemisphere.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Arizona, Arkansas, Bulgaria, California, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, East Aegean Is., Florida, France, Georgia, Greece, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Louisiana, Manchuria, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Palestine, Pennsylvania, Sicilia, South Carolina, Tadzhikistan, Tennessee, Texas, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Utah, Uzbekistan, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Yugoslavia

Introduced into:

Algeria, Austria, India, Korea, Krym, Madeira, Morocco, North Caucasus, Pakistan, Portugal, Romania, South Australia, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Ukraine

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Rico, L. [2258], Syria K000764202 No

Sources

  • Art and Illustrations in Digifolia

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 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 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Legumes of the World Online

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0