Spiraea nipponica Maxim., 1886

Common names

🇫🇷 Spirée du Japon

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 nipponica

Presence

Introduced, not established.

Notes

Possible confusion with S. cantoniensis Lour., 1790, which has rhomboidal leaves, while S. nipponica has obovate or ovate leaves.

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

S. nipponica var. nipponica Maxim., 1886, M;
S. nipponica var. tosaensis (Yatabe) Makino, 1906.

Photographs

img/spiraea-nipponica.webp — Spiraea nipponica

img/spiraea-nipponica-2.webp — Spiraea nipponica - Leaves

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 1016). Biotope.