Taxon: Spiraea japonica L. f.

See also subordinate taxa:

• Spiraea japonica var. acuminata (no accessions)
• Spiraea japonica var. bullata (no accessions)
• Spiraea japonica var. japonica (no accessions)

Common names:

• Japanese spiraea   (Source: Rep NCEPPC ) – English
  
• jian jian xiu xian ju   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese   [Spiraea japonica var. acuminata]
  
• xiu xian ju   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• praktspirea   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Eur Gard F)
  
• Gene sources: ornamental features   (fide Dict Gard)
  
• Weed   (fide Rep NCEPPC)
  

More:

View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China - Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang
  Eastern Asia: Japan - Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku; Korea

• 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).
• Campbell, F. T., ed. 1995. Report of National Coalition of Exotic Plant Pest Councils. (unpublished draft)
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993–. Flora of Japan.
• Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976).
• Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
• Stace, C. 1995. New flora of the British Isles.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• USDA National Agricultural Library. National Invasive Species Information Center (on-line resource).
• 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).

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Spiraea japonica.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Spiraea japonica.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Spiraea japonica.

Synonyms:

• Spiraea bullata Maxim. [≡ Spiraea japonica var. bullata]
  
• (=) Spiraea bumalda Burv.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Spiraea japonica var. alpina Maxim.
  

Check other web resources for Spiraea japonica L. f.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• 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 Spiraea japonica 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:

• 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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