Taxon: Elaeagnus pungens Thunb.

Common names:

• spiny oleaster   (Source: BSBI ) – English
  
• hu tui zi   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• dornige Ölweide   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – German
  
• nawashiro-gumi   (Source: F JapanOhwi ) – Japanese Rōmaji
  
• vintersilverbuske   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard)
  

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Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China - Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Zhejiang
  Eastern Asia: Japan - Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku

• 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).
• Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993–. Flora of Japan.
• Meyer, F. G. et al. 1994. A catalog of cultivated woody plants of the southeastern United States.
• Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
• Sun, M. & Q. Lin. 2010. A revision of Elaeagnus L. (Elaeagnaceae) in mainland China. J. Syst. Evol. 48:375–378.
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora.
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Elaeagnus pungens.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Elaeagnus pungens.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Elaeagnus pungens.

Synonyms:

• (=) Elaeagnus pungens var. simonii (Carrière) Rehder
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Elaeagnus simonii Carrière
  

Check other web resources for Elaeagnus pungens Thunb.:

• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Elaeagnus pungens 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:

• Forestry Images: Images of invasive weeds from www.forestryimages.org

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• 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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