viburnums
Viburnum
Viburnum is a genus of about 150–175 species of flowering plants in the family Viburnaceae. Its current classification is based on molecular phylogeny. It was previously included in the family Caprifoliaceae.
The member species are evergreen or deciduous shrubs or (in a few cases) small trees native throughout the temperate Northern Hemisphere, with a few species extending into tropical montane regions in South America and southeast Asia. In Africa, the genus is confined to the Atlas Mountains.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Guelder-rose complex
complexViburnum opulus
mapleleaf viburnum
speciesViburnum acerifolium
hobblebush
speciesViburnum lantanoides
Wayfaring-tree
speciesViburnum lantana
Blackhaw
speciesViburnum prunifolium
Laurustinus viburnum
speciesViburnum tinus
northern wild raisin
speciesViburnum cassinoides
Japanese snowball
speciesViburnum plicatum
nannyberry
speciesViburnum lentago
southern arrowwood
speciesViburnum dentatum
Rusty Blackhaw
speciesViburnum rufidulum
squashberry
speciesViburnum edule
linden viburnum
speciesViburnum dilatatum
Leatherleaf viburnum
speciesViburnum rhytidophyllum
northern arrowwood
speciesViburnum recognitum
downy arrowwood
speciesViburnum rafinesqueanum
Korean Spice Viburnum
speciesViburnum carlesii
Sweet viburnum
speciesViburnum odoratissimum
southern wild raisin
speciesViburnum nudum
Siebold's Viburnum
speciesViburnum sieboldii
Walter's Viburnum
speciesViburnum obovatum
Luzon viburnum
speciesViburnum luzonicum
David Viburnum
speciesViburnum davidii
Southern Toothed Viburnum
speciesViburnum scabrellum
fragrant viburnum
speciesViburnum farreri
tea viburnum
speciesViburnum setigerum
Chinese Snowball Viburnum
speciesViburnum macrocephalum
Canary Lauristine
speciesViburnum rugosum
fragrant snowball viburnum
hybridViburnum × carlocephalum
Sandankwa Viburnum
speciesViburnum suspensum
Stinking Viburnum
speciesViburnum foetidum
Forked Viburnum
speciesViburnum furcatum
wright viburnum
speciesViburnum wrightii
Beech Viburnum
speciesViburnum erosum
oval-leaved viburnum
speciesViburnum ellipticum
Bodnant Viburnum
hybridViburnum × bodnantense
Viburnum urceolatum
speciesViburnum urceolatum
Birchleaf viburnum
speciesViburnum betulifolium
Azorean Laurustinus
speciesViburnum treleasei
Viburnum triphyllum
speciesViburnum triphyllum
Burkwood viburnum
hybridViburnum × burkwoodii
Taitung viburnum
speciesViburnum taitoense
lantanaphyllum viburnum
hybridViburnum × rhytidophylloides
Japanese viburnum
speciesViburnum japonicum
Viburnum parvifolium
speciesViburnum parvifolium
Viburnum arboricola
speciesViburnum arboricola
Chinese Evergreen Viburnum
speciesViburnum propinquum
Viburnum tinoides
speciesViburnum tinoides
Viburnum sempervirens
speciesViburnum sempervirens
Reddish viburnum
speciesViburnum erubescens
Alabama Arrowwood
speciesViburnum alabamense
Viburnum integrifolium
speciesViburnum integrifolium
Viburnum awabuki
speciesViburnum awabuki
Viburnum mullaha
speciesViburnum mullaha
Viburnum hanceanum
speciesViburnum hanceanum
Viburnum fordiae
speciesViburnum fordiae
Viburnum venosum
speciesViburnum venosum
grand viburnum
speciesViburnum grandiflorum
Prague Viburnum
hybridViburnum rhytidophyllum × utile
Viburnum cylindricum
speciesViburnum cylindricum
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
Christoph Jakob Trew — Uitgezochte planten (1771)
Christoph Jakob Trew · 1771 · p.261
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.67
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.1079
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.244
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.244
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.393
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.790
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 2 (1686)
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx · 1686 · p.24
Illustrated Investigation of the Names and Realities of Plants (Volume 25)
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.33
Herbarium Portatile, Oder Behendes Kräuter- und Gewächs-Buch: Darinn nicht allein 1363. so wol Einheimische als Außländndische Kräuter mit Lateinisch und Deutscher Benennung abgebildet, sondern auch die meisten, so in der Medicin gebräuchlich, kürtzlich erkläret werden
Panckow, Thomas · 1656 · p.357
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
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