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Genus
Cornus
L. (1753)
(plant)
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Entity:
Cornaceae (Family) - dogwood family
..Alangium (Genus)
..Cornus (Genus)
....Cornus alba (Species)
....Cornus alternifolia (Species) - alternateleaf dogwood
....Cornus amomum (Species) - silky dogwood
....Cornus canadensis (Species) - bunchberry dogwood
....Cornus controversa (Species)
....Cornus florida (Species) - flowering dogwood
....Cornus kousa (Species) - Kousa dogwood
....Cornus mas (Species) - Cornelian cherry
....Cornus nuttallii (Species) - pacific dogwood
....Cornus racemosa (Species) - gray dogwood
....Cornus sanguinea (Species) - bloodtwig dogwood
....Cornus sericea (Species) - redosier
....Cornus stolonifera (Species) - red-osier dogwood
....Cornus suecica (Species) - Lapland cornel
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C. Linnaeus, 1753
Original name
:
Linnaeus, C. 1753a.
Sp. Pl.
1
: 117.
Original rank
:
Original spelling
:
Types
Type of
:
Cornaceae
(Family)
Bercht. & J.Presl (1825), nom. cons.
Ref:
W. Greuter et al. (eds.), 1994
: App. IIB (p. 103).
Type, by subsequent designation
:
Cornus mas
L. (1753)
Ref:
Rydberg 7 Apr 1906. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 33: 147.
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Variants
Not validly published name
:
Cornus
(Genus)
nom. inval.
Synonyms
Including
:
Afrocrania
(Genus)
(Harms) J. Hutchinson (1942)
Ref:
D.J. Mabberley, 2008
: 18.
Including
:
Benthamidia
(Genus)
Ref:
D.J. Mabberley, 2008
: 99.
Including
:
Bothrocaryum
(Genus)
Ref:
D.J. Mabberley, 2008
: 115.
Including
:
Chamaepericlymenum
(Genus)
Ref:
A. Takhtajan, 1997
: 382.
Including
:
Cynoxylon
(Genus)
Ref:
D.J. Mabberley, 2008
: 247.
Including
:
Dendrobenthamia
(Genus)
Ref:
D.J. Mabberley, 2008
: 261.
Including
:
Swida
(Genus)
Ref:
D.J. Mabberley, 2008
: 832.
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
kornoelje
Ref:
R. van der Meijden, 1990
: 279.
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