Cornus L.
Distribution
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
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Afrocrania (Harms) Hutch. in Ann. Bot. (Oxford), n.s., 6: 89 (1942)
- Arctocrania Nakai in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 23: 39 (1909)
- Benthamia Lindl. in Edwards's Bot. Reg. 18: t. 1579 (1833), nom. illeg.
- Benthamidia Spach in Hist. Nat. Vég. 8: 106 (1839)
- Bothrocaryum (Koehne) Pojark. in Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 12: 169 (1950)
- Chamaepericlimenum Hill in Brit. Herb.: 331 (1756), orth. var.
- Chamaepericlymenum Hill in Brit. Herb.: 331 (1756)
- Cornella Rydb. in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 33: 147 (1906)
- Cynoxylon Raf. in Alsogr. Amer.: 59 (1838)
- Dendrobenthamia Hutch. in Ann. Bot. (Oxford), n.s., 6: 92 (1942)
- Discocrania (Harms) M.Král in Folia Geobot. Phytotax. Bohemoslov. 1: 377 (1966)
- Eukrania Raf. in Alsogr. Amer.: 59 (1838)
- Kraniopsis Raf. in Alsogr. Amer.: 76 (1838)
- Macrocarpium Nakai in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 23: 38 (1909)
- Mesomora (Raf.) O.O.Rudbeck ex Lunell in Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 487 (1916), nom. superfl.
- Ossea Lonitzer ex Nieuwl. & Lunell in Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 487 (1916), nom. superfl.
- Swida Opiz in B.V.von Berchtold & P.M.Opiz, Oekon.-Techn. Fl. Böhm. 2(1): 174 (1838)
- Telukrama Raf. in Alsogr. Amer.: 64 (1838)
- Thelycrania (Dumort.) Fourr. in Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 16: 394 (1868)
- Yinquania Z.Y.Zhu in Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 4(4): 121 (1984)
Accepted Species
- 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 wardiana Rushforth & Wahlsteen
- Cornus wilsoniana Wangerin
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.
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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54568.000 | No |
Sources
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Flora Zambesiaca
- Flora Zambesiaca
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Flora of Tropical East Africa
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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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
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Kew Living Collection Database
- Common Names from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Living Collection https://www.kew.org/
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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