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Cornus
L.
Published In:
Species Plantarum 1: 117. 1753. (1 May 1753) (
Sp. Pl.
)
Synonymy
Svida Opiz
Thelycrania (Dumort.) Fourr.
Project Name Data
(Last Modified On 6/2/2011)
Acceptance :
Accepted
Project Data
(Last Modified On 6/3/2011)
General/Distribution:
The genus has about 40 species chiefly in the temperate regions. Re-presented here by 3 species.
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Trees or shrubs, glabrous or hairy. Leaves opposite, entire. Flowers in axillary or terminal branched cymes or heads, bisexual, tetramerous. Calyx entire, rounded or toothed. Carpels 2; ovary bilocular; style simple, stigma capitate.
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Flowers pedicellate, in branched cymes; involucral bracts absent or inconspicuous. Fruit not aggregated
(2)
+
Flowers sessile, in heads; involucral bracts conspicuous, petaloid. Fruit aggregated
Cornus
capitata
2
(1)
Involucral bracts absent. Style swollen at the top. Fruit pubescent
Cornus
macrophylla
+
Involucral bracts present. Style linear. Fruit almost glabrous
Cornus
oblonga
Lower Taxa
!
Cornus
capitata
Wall.
**
Cornus
gharaf
Forssk.
=
Cordia
gharaf
Ehrenb. ex Asch.
Cornus
macrophylla
Wall.
Cornus
obliqua
Raf.
=
Cordia
myxa
L.
Cornus
oblonga
Wall.