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, NW. Balkan Pen., Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Palestine, Pennsylvania, Sicilia, South Carolina, Tadzhikistan, Tennessee, Texas, Turkmenistan, Türkey, Türkey-in-Europe, Utah, Uzbekistan, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin

Extinct in:

Ontario

Introduced into:

Algeria, Austria, Baleares, Corse, Germany, Great Britain, India, Korea, Krym, Madeira, Morocco, North Caucasus, Pakistan, Portugal, Romania, South Australia, Spain, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Ukraine

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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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?
Regel, A. [s.n.] K002298212 Yes
Regel, A. [s.n.] K002298211 Yes
Rico, L.; Birmingham MSc group 2007 [2258] Syria K000764202 Yes
Regel, A. [8665] K002298210 Yes
Archibald, J.C. [1629] Iran K000297359 Yes

Sources

  • 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.

  • 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

  • Legumes of the World Online

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