Cornus kousa

Cornus kousa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cornales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Ordo: Cornales

Familia: Cornaceae
Genus: Cornus
Subgenus: C. subg. Syncarpea
Species: Cornus kousa
Varieties: C. k. var. chinensis – C. k. var. kousa

Name

Cornus kousa Bürger ex Hance, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 13: 105 (1873).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Benthamia japonica Siebold & Zucc., Fl. Jap. 1: 38 (1836).
• Homotypic
  • Benthamia kousa (Bürger ex Hance) Nakai, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 23: 41 (1909).
  • Cynoxylon kousa (Bürger ex Hance) Nakai in T.Mori, Enum. Pl. Corea: 275 (1922).
  • Cynoxylon japonicum (Siebold & Zucc.) Nakai, Fl. Sylv. Kor. 16: 69 (1927).
  • Dendrobenthamia japonica (Siebold & Zucc.) Hutch., Ann. Bot. (Oxford), n.s., 6: 93 (1942).
  • Benthamidia japonica (Siebold & Zucc.) H.Hara, J. Arnold Arbor. 29: 114 (1948).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asie China North-Central; China South-Central; China Southeast; East Himalaya; Hawaii; Inner Mongolia; Japan; Korea; Nansei-shoto; Taiwan References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Bürger, H., 1873. Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany. London 13:105.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Cornus kousa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 April 11. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Cornus kousa. Published online. Accessed: April 11 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Cornus kousa. Accessed: 11 April 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Cornus kousa. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 April 11. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Asiatischer Blüten-Hartriegel
English: Kousa Dogwood,Japanese Flowering Dogwood
suomi: Liljakanukka
français: Cornouiller du Japon

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