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Viburnum opulus

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Viburnum opulus

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Also known as Vibernum opulus, guelder-rose, guelder rose, kalyna, cranberry-tree, water elder, cramp bark, snowball tree

species of plant

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Viburnum opulus, commonly known as guelder-rose or Gewöhnlicher Schneeball, is a species of plant in the family Viburnaceae. It belongs to the genus Viburnum within the order Dipsacales and the class Magnoliopsida. The species produces fruit of the drupe type and is used as a medicinal plant. Its scientific name is cited as Viburnum opulus L.

The taxon range includes Beijing and Xinjiang. Records from iDigBio indicate presence in Canada, China, and the United States, with specimens held by institutions such as the University of Alberta Museums and YPM. The IUCN Red List assessed the species as Least Concern in 2012.

Synthesized by Vinony from 43 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, iNaturalist, IUCN Red List, Gbif Occ, Plants of the World, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

Least Concern

guelder-rose

Viburnum opulus

SPECIES

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderDipsacales
  5. FamilyViburnaceae
Native toAlbania, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia
Observations89,565
Observations recorded578,249

Common Name: cramp

via GBIF · IUCN · Kew POWO

Museum specimens

Specimen records
5,161
With media
3,832
Family
Viburnaceae
Collections
UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS, YPM, CHSC, USFWS, CAS, MSC
Recorded in
Canada, China, United States

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Encyclopedic overview

Viburnum opulus, commonly known as the guelder-rose, or guelder rose (/ˈɡɛldər/), is an Old World species of flowering plant in the family Adoxaceae.

Description

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Viburnum opulus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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