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virginiana

Taxon

Hamamelis virginiana L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 1: 124. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Hamamelis virginiana--CT. Redding. Highstead Arboretum. 27 Jun 03. 010.jpg

Hamamelis virginiana--CT. Redding. Highstead Arboretum. 27 Jun 03. 010.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Hamamelis virginiana--CT. Redding. Highstead Arboretum. 27 Jun 03. 009.jpg

Hamamelis virginiana--CT. Redding. Highstead Arboretum. 27 Jun 03. 009.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Hamamelis virginiana--CT. Redding. Highstead Arboretum. 27 Jun 03. 011.jpg

Hamamelis virginiana--CT. Redding. Highstead Arboretum. 27 Jun 03. 011.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to 39 botanical countries across Northern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

June 27, 2003

Location

United States, Connecticut (Highstead Arboretum)

Location Remarks

Redding Highstead Arboretum

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Saxifragales

Family

Hamamelidaceae

Genus

Hamamelis

Specific Epithet

virginiana

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

High

ED 25.7

Sits on a long, isolated branch of the plant tree of life, with relatively few close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

1.5

Global rank

#23,933 of 335,497

Top 8%

Extinction probability

6%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →