Taxon: Cornus mas L.

See also subordinate taxa:

• Cornus mas var. macrocarpa (no accessions)

Common names:

• cornelian-cherry   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – English
  
• sorbet   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• cornouiller mâle   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• Kornelkirsche   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  
• cornejo común   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• cornejo macho   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• körsbärskornell   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Eur Gard F)
  
• Human food: beverage base   (used to make preserves & Vin de Cornoulle fide Dict Econ Pl)
  
• Human food: fruit   (used to make preserves & Vin de Cornoulle fide Dict Econ Pl)
  

More:

View phytochemical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Turkey
  Caucasus: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia; Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia, Dagestan
• EUROPE
  Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Czechoslovakia; Germany; Hungary; Switzerland
  East Europe: Moldova; Ukraine [incl. Krym]
  Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Greece; Italy; Romania
  Southwestern Europe: France

• also cultivated

References:

• Afonin, A. N., S. L. Greene, N. I. Dzyubenko, & A. N. Frolov, eds. Interactive agricultural ecological atlas of Russia and neighboring countries. Economic plants and their diseases, pests and weeds (on-line resource).
• 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).
• Czerepanov, S. K. 1995. Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR).
• Englert, J. M. et al. 1999–. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators.
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
• Meyer, F. G. et al. 1994. A catalog of cultivated woody plants of the southeastern United States.
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Cornus mas.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Cornus mas.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Cornus mas.

Check other web resources for Cornus mas L.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Cornus mas cultivars
• 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:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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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