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Taxon

Cornus kousa Bürger ex Hance

Protologue J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 13(no. 66): 105. 1872 [Mar ? 1872]BHLIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
All2subsp. chinensis1
Cornus kousa ssp. chinensis, Davidson, C 12041--China. Anhui. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02431 (105).JPG

Cornus kousa ssp. chinensis, Davidson, C 12041--China. Anhui. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02431 (105).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Cornus kousa ssp. chinensis, Davidson, C 12041--China. Anhui. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02431 (109).JPG

Cornus kousa ssp. chinensis, Davidson, C 12041--China. Anhui. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02431 (109).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Cornus kousa ssp. chinensis, Davidson, C 12041--China. Anhui. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02431 (104).JPG

Cornus kousa ssp. chinensis, Davidson, C 12041--China. Anhui. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02431 (104).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Cornus kousa ssp. chinensis, Davidson, C 12041--China. Anhui. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02431 (106).JPG

Cornus kousa ssp. chinensis, Davidson, C 12041--China. Anhui. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02431 (106).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Cornus kousa ssp. chinensis, Davidson, C 12041--China. Anhui. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02431 (113).JPG

Cornus kousa ssp. chinensis, Davidson, C 12041--China. Anhui. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02431 (113).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Cornus kousa ssp. chinensis, Davidson, C 12041--China. Anhui. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02431 (107).JPG

Cornus kousa ssp. chinensis, Davidson, C 12041--China. Anhui. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02431 (107).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Cornus kousa ssp. chinensis, Davidson, C 12041--China. Anhui. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02431 (112).JPG

Cornus kousa ssp. chinensis, Davidson, C 12041--China. Anhui. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02431 (112).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Cornus kousa ssp. chinensis, Davidson, C 12041--China. Anhui. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02431 (108).JPG

Cornus kousa ssp. chinensis, Davidson, C 12041--China. Anhui. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02431 (108).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Cornus kousa ssp. chinensis, Davidson, C 12041--China. Anhui. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02431 (111).JPG

Cornus kousa ssp. chinensis, Davidson, C 12041--China. Anhui. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02431 (111).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Cornus kousa ssp. chinensis, Davidson, C 12041--China. Anhui. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02431 (110).JPG

Cornus kousa ssp. chinensis, Davidson, C 12041--China. Anhui. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02431 (110).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Cornus kousa ssp. chinensis, Davidson, C 12041--China. Anhui. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02431 (114).JPG

Cornus kousa ssp. chinensis, Davidson, C 12041--China. Anhui. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02431 (114).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Cornus kousa ssp. chinensis, Davidson, C 12041--China. Anhui. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02431 (103).JPG

Cornus kousa ssp. chinensis, Davidson, C 12041--China. Anhui. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02431 (103).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Cornus kousa--France. Paris. Jardin des Plantes.  30 May 03. 041.jpg

Cornus kousa--France. Paris. Jardin des Plantes. 30 May 03. 041.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Global range is not yet available in Plants of the World Online. Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.

Distribution

Cornus kousa

subsp. chinensis

Occurrences

Davidson C., Christoph S.R. s.n.

May 30, 2003

Location

France, Île-de-France (Paris, 5th arrondissement)

48.84458, 2.36086

Location Remarks

Place Valhubert, along Quai St-Bernard, 5th arrondissement

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Davidson, C 12041

June 8, 2012

Identified as

Cornus kousa subsp. chinensis

Location

China, Anhui, HuangShan (Huangshan, Huangshan District)

30.151333, 118.167

Location Remarks

HuangShan (Yellow Mountain). Long trail of stone steps from Resort hotel to the city gate. 1382 m elev.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, Fu Cheng Xin, Qiuyun (Jenny) Xiang, Sharon R. Christoph, David E. Boufford

Notes

Tree 4 m.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Cornales

Family

Cornaceae

Genus

Cornus

Specific Epithet

kousa

Authorship

Bürger ex Hance

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.4

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#233,250 of 335,497

Top 70%

Extinction probability

6%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →