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Hovenia dulcis

Hovenia dulcis Thunb.

japanese raisin-tree, japanese raisintree

PLANT INDEX

ID_PLANT: HODU2
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Hovenia dulcis
Include in WOTAS: 0
Publish to Web: 1
Last Modified: 2016-08-19

GENUS INDEX

GENUS CODE: HOVEN
GENUS SCIENTIFIC: Hovenia
GENUS AUTHORITY: Thunb.
GENUS COMMON: Hovenia
GENUS SUMMARY: A genus of 7 species, trees, of e. Asia.
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GENUS REFERENCES: Nesom in FNA (in prep.); Brizicky (1964a)=Z; Medan & Schirarend in Kubitzki (2004).

FAMILY INDEX

FAMILY CODE: RHAMNA
FAMILY SCIENTIFIC: Rhamnaceae
FAMILY AUTHORITY: A.L. de Jussieu 1789
FAMILY COMMON: Buckthorn Family
FAMILY SUMMARY: A family of about 50-52 genera and 900-925 species, mostly trees, shrubs, and lianas, cosmopolitan in distribution.
FAMILY REFERENCE: Nesom in FNA (in prep.); Brizicky (1964a)=Z; Richardson et al. (2000a, 2000b); Medan & Schirarend in Kubitzki (2004).

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GRIM ACCESSIONS

acc_id acc_num acc_dt coll_id Action
886 1985-0559 View
8648 2006-0253 2006-09-21 View

GRIM PLANTINGS

plt_num acc_id loc_num pers_num inst_dt Action
1651 886 157 NCBG staff 1981-03-11 View
11867 8648 157 NCBG staff 2006-09-20 View

USDA PLANTS DATABASE

USDA Symbol: HODU2
USDA Common Name: Japanese Raisintree
Native Status: L48 (I)
Distribution: USA (NC, TX, VA)
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Tree, Shrub

WEAKLEY FLORA

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Hovenia dulcis
COMMON NAME: Japanese Raisin-tree
SYNONYMY: [= FNA, K, RAB, Z]
PHENOLOGY:
HABITAT: Suburban woodlands, escaped form cultivation; native of China.
COMMENTS: Goldman (1998) presents a discussion of this species introduction into North America, with a color photograph. Also reported as naturalizing in the Coastal Plain portion of Fairfax County, VA (Steury 2011).
RANGE MAP: Hovenia dulcis.png

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ABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora)
Rhamnaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789 (Buckthorn Family)
SUMMARY: A family of about 50-52 genera and 900-925 species, mostly trees, shrubs, and lianas, cosmopolitan in distribution.
REFERENCE: Nesom in FNA (in prep.); Brizicky (1964a)=Z; Richardson et al. (2000a, 2000b); Medan & Schirarend in Kubitzki (2004).
ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora)
Hovenia Thunb. (Hovenia)
SUMMARY: A genus of 7 species, trees, of e. Asia.
REFERENCE: Nesom in FNA (in prep.); Brizicky (1964a)=Z; Medan & Schirarend in Kubitzki (2004).

HERBARIUM RESOURCES

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

WEB RESOURCES

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

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