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Euonymus fortunei

Euonymus fortunei (Turcz.) Hand.-Maz.

chinese spindle-tree, wintercreeper

Euonymus fortunei (Chinese Spindle-tree)

Image ID: 33547
Image by: Ware, Richard & Teresa
Image Collection: NCBG Digital Library

PLANT INDEX

ID_PLANT: EUFO5
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Euonymus fortunei
Include in WOTAS: 0
Publish to Web: 1
Last Modified: 2017-12-23

GENUS INDEX

GENUS CODE: EUONY2
GENUS SCIENTIFIC: Euonymus
GENUS AUTHORITY: L.
GENUS COMMON: Spindletree
GENUS SUMMARY: A genus of ca. 129 species, of temperate and tropical areas, trees, shrubs, and lianas. The genus name was variously spelled Euonymus and Evonymus by Linnaeus. The spelling Euonymus has been nomenclaturally conserved. The genus is now considered to be grammatically masculine, and adjectival specific epithets therefore end in -us.
GENUS IDENTIFICATION:
GENUS REFERENCES: Ma & Funston (2008)= Y; Voss (1985)=Z; Simmons in Kubitzki (2004).

FAMILY INDEX

FAMILY CODE: CELAST
FAMILY SCIENTIFIC: Celastraceae
FAMILY AUTHORITY: R. Brown 1814
FAMILY COMMON: Bittersweet Family
FAMILY SUMMARY: A family of ca. 98 genera and ca. 1200 species, trees, shrubs, lianas, perennial and annual herbs, nearly cosmopolitan, especially in the tropics and subtropics.
FAMILY REFERENCE: Brizicky (1964); Simmons in Kubitzki (2004).

NCBG DESCRIPTIVES

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HABIT: Shrub

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FLORAL CHARACTERISTICS
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BLOOM TIME: May-Jun

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BLOOM COLOR:

White	Red	Pink	Orange	Yellow	Green	Blue	Lavender	Purple	Violet	Brown	Not Applicable

FRUITING PERIOD: Oct-Dec.

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SOIL MOISTURE: Dry, Average, Moist/Wet
LIGHT EXPOSURE: Part Shade, Shade
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GRIM ACCESSIONS

acc_id	acc_num	acc_dt	coll_id	Action
867	1985-0538			View
3719	1991-0414			View
4539	1992-0695			View
5115	1995-0234			View
6098	1995-1229			View

GRIM PLANTINGS

plt_num	acc_id	loc_num	pers_num	inst_dt	Action
1628	867	155	NCBG staff	0000-00-00	View
6025	3719	199	NCBG staff	0000-00-00	View
6867	4539	200	NCBG staff	1993-03-01	View
7537	5115	203	NCBG staff	1992-01-01	View
8748	6098	2	NCBG staff	0000-00-00	View

USDA PLANTS DATABASE

USDA Symbol: EUFO5
USDA Common Name: Winter Creeper
Native Status: L48 (I), CAN (I)
Distribution: USA (AL, CT, DC, DE, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, WI), CAN (ON)
Duration:
Growth Habit: Shrub

WEAKLEY FLORA

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Euonymus fortunei
COMMON NAME: Wintercreeper, Chinese Spindle-tree
SYNONYMY: [= F, G, Va, Y, Z; > E. kiautschovica Loesener - K; > E. fortunei (Turczaninow) Handel-Mazzetti var. radicans (Siebold ex Miquel) Rehder - K; ? E. hederaceus Champ. ex Bentham - K2; > E. hederaceus - Il; > E. kiautschovicus Loesener - Il]
PHENOLOGY: May-Jun; Oct-Dec.
HABITAT: Bottomlands, swamps, upland suburban woodlands; native of China.
COMMENTS: Sometimes climbing into the canopy.
RANGE MAP: Euonymus fortunei.png

Key to Map Symbols

ABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora)
Celastraceae R. Brown 1814 (Bittersweet Family)
SUMMARY: A family of ca. 98 genera and ca. 1200 species, trees, shrubs, lianas, perennial and annual herbs, nearly cosmopolitan, especially in the tropics and subtropics.
REFERENCE: Brizicky (1964); Simmons in Kubitzki (2004).

ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora)
Euonymus L. (Spindletree)
SUMMARY: A genus of ca. 129 species, of temperate and tropical areas, trees, shrubs, and lianas. The genus name was variously spelled Euonymus and Evonymus by Linnaeus. The spelling Euonymus has been nomenclaturally conserved. The genus is now considered to be grammatically masculine, and adjectival specific epithets therefore end in -us.
REFERENCE: Ma & Funston (2008)= Y; Voss (1985)=Z; Simmons in Kubitzki (2004).

HERBARIUM RESOURCES

SERNEC: Find Euonymus fortunei in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)
UNC SERNEC: Find Euonymus fortunei in University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)

WEB RESOURCES

USDA: Find Euonymus fortunei in USDA Plants
NPIN: Find Euonymus fortunei in NPIN Database
FNA: Find Euonymus fortunei in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Euonymus fortunei

IMAGE USE RECORDS

ID IMAGE: 33547 - Primary Image FloraQuest Plant Detail Page (Landscape Preferred)
ID IMAGE1: 0 - Primary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE2: 0 - Secondary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE3: 33547 - Primary Image Plant Sale Sign (Landscape Only)
ID IMAGE4: 0 - Primary Image New Plant Sale Label (Portrait Only)