winter sweets
Chimonanthus
Chimonanthus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Calycanthaceae, endemic to China. It is also grown in Iran, called "ice flower" (Gole' Yakh) and probably imported from China. The genus includes three to six species depending on taxonomic interpretation; six are accepted by the Flora of China. The name means winter flower in Greek.
5 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Wintersweet
speciesChimonanthus praecox
Chimonanthus nitens
speciesChimonanthus nitens
Chimonanthus salicifolius
speciesChimonanthus salicifolius
Chimonanthus grammatus
speciesChimonanthus grammatus
Chimonanthus campanulatus
speciesChimonanthus campanulatus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 49115.