Forsythias
Forsythia
Forsythia (/fɔːrˈsɪθiə/ or /fɔːrˈsaɪθiə/) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae (olive family). There are about 11 species, mostly native to eastern Asia, but one native to southeastern Europe. Forsythia is also one of the plant's common names, along with Easter tree; the genus is named after William Forsyth.
11 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Border Forsythia
hybridForsythia × intermedia
Golden-bell
speciesForsythia suspensa
Korean goldenbell tree
speciesForsythia koreana
Greenstem Forsythia
speciesForsythia viridissima
Korean Forsythia
speciesForsythia ovata
Forsythia europaea
speciesForsythia europaea
Giraldi's Forsythia
speciesForsythia giraldiana
Forsythia × mandschurica
hybridForsythia × mandschurica
Forsythia mira
speciesForsythia mira
Forsythia likiangensis
speciesForsythia likiangensis
Forsythia togashii
speciesForsythia togashii
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
Flora of Japan
Carl Peter Thunberg · 1784 · p.71
Famine Relief Herbal
Zhu Su · 1406 · p.107
Compendium of Materia Medica
李時珍 · 1596 · p.45
Collected Illustrations of the Three Realms: Herbs and Trees, Volume 5
王圻, 王思義 · 1609 · p.8
Illustrated Herbal Primer
Chen Jiamo (陳嘉謨) · 1628 · p.146
Complete Treatise on Agricultural Administration
Xu Guangqi · 1909 · p.647
In the stacks
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Every page naming Forsythia in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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 60580.