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Viburnum plicatum is a popular ornamental plant, both in its native area and other temperate regions.Some of the more popular cultivars are selected for having all of their flowers large and sterile with few or no fertile flowers; their flowerheads resemble a snowball, giving them the popular name Japanese snowball bush.
Snowball bush is a common name for several ornamental plants which produce large clusters of white flowers and may refer to: Species of Hydrangea, which tend to flower in the summer: Hydrangea arborescens; Hydrangea paniculata; Species of Viburnum, which tend to flower in the spring: Viburnum macrocephalum (Chinese snowball bush)
The lists of cultivars in the table below are indices of plant cultivars, varieties, and strains. A cultivar is a plant that is selected for desirable characteristics that can be maintained by propagation. The plants listed may be ornamental, medicinal, and/or edible. Several of them bear edible fruit.
Viburnum macrocephalum (Chinese: 繡球莢蒾 "hydrangea viburnum", or 木繡球 "tree hydrangea"), common name Chinese snowball, is a species of flowering plant in the family Adoxaceae (formerly Caprifoliaceae), native to mainland China. [1] Its fertile form, Viburnum macrocephalum f.
This is a list of plants organized by their common names. However, the common names of plants often vary from region to region, which is why most plant encyclopedias refer to plants using their scientific names , in other words using binomials or "Latin" names.
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As of September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 5430 Vulnerable (VU) plant species. [1] 25% of all evaluated plant species are listed as Vulnerable. The IUCN also lists 244 subspecies and 235 varieties as Vulnerable. No subpopulations of plants have been evaluated by the IUCN.
Viburnum is a genus of about 150–175 species of flowering plants in the moschatel family, Adoxaceae. Its current classification is based on molecular phylogeny . [ 2 ] It was previously included in the honeysuckle family Caprifoliaceae .