GENUS CODE: CORNU GENUS SCIENTIFIC:Cornus GENUS AUTHORITY: L. GENUS COMMON: Dogwood GENUS SUMMARY: (contributed by Z.E. Murrell & A.S. Weakley) GENUS IDENTIFICATION: GENUS REFERENCES: Haines (2011)=X; Godfrey (1988)=Z; Wilson (1965); Murrell (1993); Zhang et al. (2008); Xiang et al. (2006); Fan & Xiang (2001); Eyde (1987); Xiang, Soltis, & Soltis (1998); Ferguson (1966c, 1966d)=Y; Kubitzki in Kubitzki (2004).
FAMILY INDEX
FAMILY CODE: CORNAC FAMILY SCIENTIFIC:Cornaceae FAMILY AUTHORITY: (Berchtold & J. Presl) Dumortier 1829 FAMILY COMMON: Dogwood Family FAMILY SUMMARY: A family of 2 genera and about 85 species, trees, shrubs, lianas, and subshrubs, semicosmopolitan (mainly northern hemisphere). The Cornaceae is best circumscribed to exclude Nyssa (Xiang et al. 2002). FAMILY REFERENCE: Xiang et al. (2002); Kubitzki in Kubitzki (2004).
USDA Symbol: COKO2
USDA Common Name: Kousa Dogwood
Native Status: L48 (I)
Distribution: USA (NJ, NY)
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Tree
WEAKLEY FLORA
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Cornus kousa
COMMON NAME: Kousa Dogwood
SYNONYMY: [= K; = Benthamidia japonica (Siebold & Zuccarini) Hara - X; = Cynoxylon kousa (Hance) Nakai]
PHENOLOGY:
HABITAT: Suburban areas, sometimes planted as an ornamental and may persist or seed down in the immediate vicinity of the parent tree.
COMMENTS: {not mapped; rejected as a component of our flora}
RANGE MAP:
Key to Map SymbolsABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora) Cornaceae (Berchtold & J. Presl) Dumortier 1829 (Dogwood Family) SUMMARY: A family of 2 genera and about 85 species, trees, shrubs, lianas, and subshrubs, semicosmopolitan (mainly northern hemisphere). The Cornaceae is best circumscribed to exclude Nyssa (Xiang et al. 2002). REFERENCE: Xiang et al. (2002); Kubitzki in Kubitzki (2004).ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora) Cornus L. (Dogwood) SUMMARY: (contributed by Z.E. Murrell & A.S. Weakley) REFERENCE: Haines (2011)=X; Godfrey (1988)=Z; Wilson (1965); Murrell (1993); Zhang et al. (2008); Xiang et al. (2006); Fan & Xiang (2001); Eyde (1987); Xiang, Soltis, & Soltis (1998); Ferguson (1966c, 1966d)=Y; Kubitzki in Kubitzki (2004).
HERBARIUM RESOURCES
SERNEC: Find Cornus kousa in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available) UNC SERNEC: Find Cornus kousa in
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)