Euonymus
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Euonymus

burning bush
corktree
eastern wahoo
euonymus
spindletree
strawberry bush
winter creeper
winterberry
wintercreeper

Hierarchical position of the Genus Euonymus

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Rosopsida Batsch
pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.
  
   Subclassis  Rosidae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 264. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   SuperOrdo  Celastranae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 371. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   Ordo  Celastrales Baskerville
pub. Aff. Pl.: 104. 1839.
  
   Subordo  Celastrineae Bessey in C.K. Adams
pub. Johnson's Universal Cyclop. 8: 462. 15 Nov 1895.
  
   Familia  Celastraceae R. Br. in Flinders
pub. Voy. Terra Austr. 2: 554. 19 Jul 1814.
common name: Bittersweets
  
   Subfamilia  Euonymoideae (DC.) Arn.
pub. Encycl. Brit., ed. 7, 5: 105. 9 Mar 1832.
  
   Tribus  Euonymeae DC.
pub. Prodr. 2: 3. mid Nov 1825.
  
   Subtribus  Euonyminae Benth. & Hook.f.
pub. Gen. Pl. 1: 358. 7 Aug 1862.
  
   Genus  Euonymus L.
pub. (1753)
common name: spindletree
  

Named members of the Genus Euonymus

1
   Species  alata (Thunb.) Sieb.
common name: winged burning bush, winged euonymus
  
2
   Species  americana L.
common name: strawberry bush
3
   Species  aptera Regel
common name: corky spindletree
4
   Species  atropurpurea Jacq.
 
5
   Varietas  atropurpurea
common name: eastern wahoo
6
   Varietas  cheatumii Lundell
common name: eastern wahoo
7
   Species  bungeanum Maxim.
common name: winterberry
8
   Species  cuneifolia C. Wright
syn. Torralbasia cuneifolia
9
   Species  europaea L.
common name: European spindletree
  
10
   Species  fortunei (Turcz.) Hand.-Maz.
common name: spindletree
  
 
11
   Varietas  fortunei
common name: winter creeper
12
   Varietas  radicans (Sieb. ex Miq.) Rehd.
common name: wintercreeper
  
13
   Species  hamiltoniana Wall
 
14
   Subspecies  maackii (Rupr.) Komarov
common name: Hamilton's spindletree
15
   Subspecies  sieboldianus (Blume) Hara
common name: Hamilton's spindletree
16
   Varietas  yedoensis (Koehne) Blakelock
syn. Euonymus hamiltoniana ssp. sieboldianus
17
   Species  japonica Thunb.
common name: Japanese spindletree, Japanese euonymus
  
18
   Species  kiautschovica Loes.
common name: creeping strawberry bush
19
   Species  obovata Nutt.
common name: running strawberry bush
20
   Species  occidentalis Nutt. ex Torr.
 
21
   Varietas  occidentalis
common name: western burning bush
22
   Subspecies  parishii (Trel.) Beauchamp
syn. Euonymus occidentalis var. parishii
23
   Varietas  parishii (Trel.) Jepson
common name: western burning bush
24
   Species  patens Rehder
common name: spindletree
25
   Species  phellomana Loes. ex Diels
common name: corktree
26
   Species  radicans Sieb. ex Miq.
syn. Euonymus fortunei var. radicans
27
   Species  yedoensis Koehne
syn. Euonymus hamiltoniana ssp. sieboldianus

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

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For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

 

Last reviewed October 31, 2004   

 

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