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Spiraea cantoniensis Lour., 1790

Common names

  • 🇬🇧 Reeves’ Meadowsweet
  • 🇫🇷 Spirée de Canton

Taxonomy

  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Clade: Tracheophytes
  • Clade: Angiosperms
  • Clade: Eudicots
  • Clade: Superrosids
  • Clade: Rosids
  • Clade: Fabids
  • Order: Rosales
  • Family: Rosaceae
  • Subfamily: Amygdaloideae
  • Tribe: Spiraeeae
  • Genus: Spiraea
  • Species: Spiraea cantoniensis

Presence

Introduced, not established.

Conservation status

  • Red List (Global): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with S. nipponica Maxim., 1886, which has obovate or ovate leaves, while S. cantoniensis has rhomboidal leaves.

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

  • S. cantoniensis var. cantoniensis Lour., 1790, M;
  • S. cantoniensis var. jiangxiensis (Z.X.Yu) L.T.Lu, 2000.

Photographs

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Spiraea cantoniensis
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Spiraea cantoniensis
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Spiraea cantoniensis - Double-flowered cultivar
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Spiraea cantoniensis
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Spiraea cantoniensis - Leaves
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Spiraea cantoniensis - Leaves

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