- Family:
- Cornaceae Bercht. & J.Presl
Cornus L.

[FZ]
Cornaceae, J. F. M. Cannon. Flora Zambesiaca 4. 1978
- Morphology General Habit
- Trees with opposite, simple, entire, petiolate leaves.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers tetramerous, dioecious.male flowers arranged in cymules forming dense terminal clusters; female flowers in terminal umbels.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescences at first enclosed within 4 deciduous herbaceous bracts which provide protection for the developing flowers.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals valvate.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
- Ovary 2-locular with 1 ovule in each locule.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit drupaceous with the shrivelled remains of the calyx and style at the apex.
[FTEA]
Cornaceae, B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1958
- Morphology General Habit
- Trees with opposite petiolate entire leaves
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers tetramerous, dioecious; ♂ flowers in cymules which are arranged subumbellately in a dense terminal inflorescence; ♀ flowers in terminal umbels; both types of inflorescence have an involucre of four subherbaceous bracts which entirely include the very young inflorescence forming an apiculate bud
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Peduncles thickened at the apex
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals valvate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
- Ovary 2-locular
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit a drupe crowned by the remains of calyx and style; stone 2-celled.
Native to:
Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Altay, Amur, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Burundi, Buryatiya, California, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Costa Rica, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Finland, Florida, France, Føroyar, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Guatemala, Hainan, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kentucky, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Kuril Is., Labrador, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Louisiana, Magadan, Maine, Malawi, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, Nicaragua, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Panamá, Pennsylvania, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Qinghai, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Rwanda, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Sicilia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russi, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Uganda, Ukraine, Utah, Venezuela, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Hawaii, New Zealand North, New Zealand South
- Cornus × acadiensis Fernald
- Cornus alba L.
- Cornus alternifolia L.f.
- Cornus amomum Mill.
- Cornus × arnoldiana Rehder
- Cornus asperifolia Michx.
- Cornus austrosinensis W.P.Fang & W.K.Hu
- Cornus bretschneideri L.Henry
- Cornus canadensis L.
- Cornus capitata Wall.
- Cornus chinensis Wangerin
- Cornus controversa Hemsl.
- Cornus darvasica (Pojark.) Pilip.
- Cornus disciflora Moc. & Sessé ex DC.
- Cornus drummondii C.A.Mey.
- Cornus excelsa Kunth
- Cornus eydeana Q.Y.Xiang & Y.M.Shui
- Cornus florida L.
- Cornus foemina Mill.
- Cornus × friedlanderi W.H.Wagner
- Cornus glabrata Benth.
- Cornus hemsleyi C.K.Schneid. & Wangerin
- Cornus hongkongensis Hemsl.
- Cornus iberica Woronow
- Cornus koehneana Wangerin
- Cornus kousa Bürger ex Hance
- Cornus × lepagei Gervais & Blondeau
- Cornus macrophylla Wall.
- Cornus mas L.
- Cornus meyeri (Pojark.) Pilip.
- Cornus multinervosa (Pojark.) Q.Y.Xiang
- Cornus nuttallii Audubon ex Torr. & A.Gray
- Cornus obliqua Raf.
- Cornus oblonga Wall.
- Cornus officinalis Siebold & Zucc.
- Cornus oligophlebia Merr.
- Cornus papillosa W.P.Fang & W.K.Hu
- Cornus parviflora S.S.Chien
- Cornus peruviana J.F.Macbr.
- Cornus quinquenervis Franch.
- Cornus racemosa Lam.
- Cornus rugosa Lam.
- Cornus sanguinea L.
- Cornus schindleri Wangerin
- Cornus sericea L.
- Cornus sessilis Torr.
- Cornus × slavinii Rehder
- Cornus suecica L.
- Cornus sunhangii T.Deng, Z.Y.Lv & Zhi M.Li
- Cornus torreyi S.Watson
- Cornus ulotricha C.K.Schneid. & Wangerin
- Cornus unalaschkensis Ledeb.
- Cornus volkensii Harms
- Cornus walteri Wangerin
- Cornus wilsoniana Wangerin
- Afrocrania (Harms) Hutch.
- Arctocrania Nakai
- Benthamia Lindl.
- Benthamidia Spach
- Bothrocaryum (Koehne) Pojark.
- Chamaepericlimenum Hill
- Chamaepericlymenum Hill
- Cornella Rydb.
- Cynoxylon Raf.
- Dendrobenthamia Hutch.
- Discocrania (Harms) M.Král
- Eukrania Raf.
- Kraniopsis Raf.
- Macrocarpium Nakai
- Mesomora (Raf.) O.O.Rudbeck ex Lunell
- Ossea Lonitzer ex Nieuwl. & Lunell
- Swida Opiz
- Telukrama Raf.
- Thelycrania (Dumort.) Fourr.
- Yinquania Z.Y.Zhu
Cornus L. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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54568.000 | No |
First published in Sp. Pl.: 118 (1753)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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Flora Zambesiaca
Flora Zambesiaca
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
Flora of Tropical East Africa
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Backbone Distributions
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
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