dogwoods
Cornus
Cornus is a genus of about 30–60 species of woody plants in the family Cornaceae, commonly known as dogwoods, which can generally be distinguished by their blossoms, berries, and distinctive bark. Most are deciduous trees or shrubs, but a few species are nearly herbaceous perennial subshrubs, and a few of the woody species are evergreen. Several species have small heads of inconspicuous flowers surrounded by an involucre of large, typically white petal-like bracts, while others have...
13 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Kraniopsis
subgenusKraniopsis
dwarf dogwoods
subgenusArctocrania
Cynoxylon
subgenusCynoxylon
Syncarpea
subgenusSyncarpea
Mesomora
subgenusMesomora
Cornus
subgenusCornus
Discocrania
subgenusDiscocrania
Yinquania
subgenusYinquania
Cornus × rutgersensis
hybridCornus × rutgersensis
Cornus × elwinortonii
hybridCornus × elwinortonii
Sinocornus
subgenusSinocornus
Afrocrania
subgenusAfrocrania
Cornus × acadiensis
hybridCornus × acadiensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands : containing two hundred a...
Catesby, Mark, bioloog, kunstenaar · 1743 · p.234
The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands : containing two hundred a...
Catesby, Mark, bioloog, kunstenaar · 1743 · p.93
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.389
The Natural History of Carolina Florida and Bahama Islands Vol. 2
Mark Catesby · 1743 · p.232
Mark Catesby — Piscium, serpentum, insectorum (pt. 1) (1750)
Mark Catesby · 1750 · p.91
Book of Herbs
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1546 · p.813
De medicinali materia libri sex
Dioscorides · 1552 · p.170
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.1096
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.277
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.262
History of Plants in Four Books
Valerius Cordus · 1561 · p.397
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.262
In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47193.