spindles
Euonymus
Euonymus /juːˈɒnɪməs/ is a genus of flowering plants in the staff vine family, Celastraceae. Common names vary widely among different species and between different English-speaking countries, but include spindle (or spindle tree), burning-bush, strawberry-bush, wahoo, wintercreeper, or simply euonymus. It comprises about 130 species of deciduous and evergreen shrubs, small trees and lianas. They are mostly native to East Asia, extending to the Himalayas, and they are also distributed in Europe, Australasia, North America, and Madagascar....
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
winged euonymus
speciesEuonymus alatus
Spindle
speciesEuonymus europaeus
fortune's spindle
speciesEuonymus fortunei
strawberry bush
speciesEuonymus americanus
Japanese spindle tree
speciesEuonymus japonicus
Warty-barked Spindle
speciesEuonymus verrucosus
wahoo
speciesEuonymus atropurpureus
Running Strawberry-bush
speciesEuonymus obovatus
Large-leaved Spindle
speciesEuonymus latifolius
western burning bush
speciesEuonymus occidentalis
Hamilton's spindle
speciesEuonymus hamiltonianus
Loose-flowered Euonymus
speciesEuonymus laxiflorus
Euonymus spraguei
speciesEuonymus spraguei
Euonymus maackii
speciesEuonymus maackii
fleshy-flowered spindle tree
speciesEuonymus carnosus
Korean spindle tree
speciesEuonymus oxyphyllus
Dwarf Strawberry Bush
speciesEuonymus nanus
Chinese Euonymus
speciesEuonymus nitidus
Euonymus semenovii
speciesEuonymus semenovii
Euonymus macropterus
speciesEuonymus macropterus
Euonymus tashiroi
speciesEuonymus tashiroi
Euonymus cochinchinensis
speciesEuonymus cochinchinensis
Euonymus maximowiczianus
speciesEuonymus maximowiczianus
Euonymus sachalinensis
speciesEuonymus sachalinensis
Euonymus centidens
speciesEuonymus centidens
Euonymus pallidifolius
speciesEuonymus pallidifolius
Euonymus myrianthus
speciesEuonymus myrianthus
Euonymus echinatus
speciesEuonymus echinatus
Euonymus indicus
speciesEuonymus indicus
winterberry euonymus
speciesEuonymus bungeanus
Euonymus morrisonensis
speciesEuonymus morrisonensis
Euonymus phellomanus
speciesEuonymus phellomanus
Euonymus × miniatus
hybridEuonymus × miniatus
Euonymus leiophloeus
speciesEuonymus leiophloeus
Euonymus grandiflorus
speciesEuonymus grandiflorus
Euonymus tsoi
speciesEuonymus tsoi
Euonymus australianus
speciesEuonymus australianus
Euonymus cornutus
speciesEuonymus cornutus
Euonymus boninensis
speciesEuonymus boninensis
Euonymus frigidus
speciesEuonymus frigidus
Euonymus tingens
speciesEuonymus tingens
Euonymus lutchuensis
speciesEuonymus lutchuensis
Euonymus crenulatus
speciesEuonymus crenulatus
Euonymus lucidus
speciesEuonymus lucidus
Euonymus sanguineus
speciesEuonymus sanguineus
Euonymus pendulus
speciesEuonymus pendulus
Euonymus acanthocarpus
speciesEuonymus acanthocarpus
Euonymus schensianus
speciesEuonymus schensianus
Euonymus euscaphis
speciesEuonymus euscaphis
Euonymus javanicus
speciesEuonymus javanicus
Euonymus angulatus
speciesEuonymus angulatus
Euonymus dichotomus
speciesEuonymus dichotomus
Euonymus chloranthoides
speciesEuonymus chloranthoides
Euonymus chibae
speciesEuonymus chibae
Euonymus actinocarpus
speciesEuonymus actinocarpus
Euonymus mexicanus
speciesEuonymus mexicanus
Euonymus pleurostylioides
speciesEuonymus pleurostylioides
Euonymus glaber
speciesEuonymus glaber
Velvet Spindle
speciesEuonymus velutinus
Euonymus castaneifolius
speciesEuonymus castaneifolius
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
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.367
History of Rare Plants of Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1576 · p.860
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.792
History of Rare Plants Observed in Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1583 · p.805
History of Rare Plants Observed in Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1583 · p.774
History of Rare Plants Observed in Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1583 · p.100
Compendium of Materia Medica
李時珍 · 1596 · p.68
History of Rare Plants
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.69
Illustrated Herbal Primer
Chen Jiamo (陳嘉謨) · 1628 · p.169
The Dutch Herbarium or Herbal
Petrus Nylandt · 1670 · p.65
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 2 (1686)
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx · 1686 · p.24
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 2 (1686)
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx · 1686 · p.23
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