Viburnum cinnamomifolium
| Viburnum cinnamomifolium | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Dipsacales |
| Family: | Viburnaceae |
| Genus: | Viburnum |
| Species: | V. cinnamomifolium |
| Binomial name | |
| Viburnum cinnamomifolium | |
Viburnum cinnamomifolium, the cinnamon-leaved viburnum, is a species of flowering plant in the family Adoxaceae, native to western China. Growing to 5 m (16 ft) tall and broad, it is a substantial evergreen shrub with large, triple-veined, glossy, oval leaves up to 15 cm (6 in) long. Round clusters of tiny white flowers are produced in late spring, followed in late summer and autumn by oval dark blue fruit.[2]
It is very similar to Viburnum davidii, differing only in the slightly thinner and less wrinkled but longer leaves, and smaller fruit (3 mm diameter, versus 4.5 mm in V. davidii).[3]
The Latin specific epithet cinnamomifolium means "with leaves like cinnamon", and refers to the similarly three-veined leaves of certain species of cinnamon plant.[4]
This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[5][6]
References
- ↑ "International Plant Names Index (IPNI) - Viburnum cinnamomifolium". Retrieved 11 May 2013.
- ↑ RHS A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.
- ↑ Sargent, Charles Sprague (1905). Trees and shrubs: illustrations of new or little known ligneous plants, prepared chiefly from material at the Arnold Arboreum of Harvard University. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin. p. 31. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.60428.
- ↑ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 184533731X.
- ↑ "Viburnum cinnamomifolium". RHS. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ↑ "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 107. Retrieved 16 February 2019.