Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Cornales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Swida sericea
FAMILY
Cornaceae
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The nomenclature to apply to this North American species is complex and controversial. Read more in Weakley's Flora (2023).
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cornus sericea ssp. sericea
FAMILY
Cornaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cornus alba ssp. stolonifera
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12 (2016)
Cornus sericea
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Cornus alba var. alba
SYNONYMOUS WITH (NOMEN DUBIUM) New England Wildflower Society’s Flora Novae Angliae (Haines, 2011)
Swida sericea
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Cornus sericea ssp. sericea
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Cornus stolonifera
SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Swida stolonifera
COMMON NAME:
Red Osier Dogwood, Bailey's Dogwood
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_cornus_sericea3
May Madison County KY
Leaves have 5-7 veins on each side, and the inflorescence lacks bracts, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Swida sericea
FAMILY
Cornaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cornus sericea ssp. sericea
FAMILY
Cornaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cornus alba ssp. stolonifera
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12
Cornus sericea
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Cornus alba var. alba
SYNONYMOUS WITH (NOMEN DUBIUM)
New England Wildflower Society’s Flora Novae Angliae (Haines, 2011)
Swida sericea
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Cornus sericea ssp. sericea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Cornus stolonifera
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Swida stolonifera
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