Taxon: Chimonanthus praecox (L.) Link

Common names:

• Japanese-allspice   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
  
• wintersweet   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• la mei   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• vinterkryddbuske   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Zander ed13)
  
• Materials: essential oils   (fide Mansf Ency)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide F ChinaEng)
  

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China - Anhui, Fujian, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang

• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976).
• Meyer, F. G. et al. 1994. A catalog of cultivated woody plants of the southeastern United States.
• Nicely, K. A. 1965. A monographic study of the Calycanthaceae. Castanea 30:73.
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).
• Webster's third new international dictionary.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Chimonanthus praecox.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Chimonanthus praecox.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Chimonanthus praecox.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Calycanthus praecox L. (basionym)
  
• (=) Chimonanthus fragrans Lindl.
  (previously associated with 9 accessions)
• (=) Chimonanthus fragrans var. grandiflorus Lindl.
  
• (=) Chimonanthus praecox var. concolor Makino
  
• (=) Chimonanthus praecox f. grandiflorus (Lindl.) Rehder
  
• (≡) Meratia praecox (L.) Rehder & E. H. Wilson
  (previously associated with 8 accessions)
• (=) Meratia praecox var. grandiflora (Lindl.) Rehder & E. H. Wilson
  (previously associated with 1 accession)

Check other web resources for Chimonanthus praecox (L.) Link:

• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Embryo drawing: U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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