Image ID: 33547
Image by: Ware, Richard & Teresa
Image Collection: NCBG Digital Library
PLANT INDEX
ID_PLANT: EUFO5
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Euonymus fortunei
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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).
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 SymbolsABOUT 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
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