Class
Order
Family
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Euonymus L., Sp. Pl. 197 (1753) – as Evonymus
Type Taxon:
Vernacular Name(s):
Spindle bush; Spindle tree
Description
Evergreen or deciduous, shrubs or small trees, occasionally creeping or ascending by rootlets. Lvs usually opposite, petiolate, glabrous. Fls 4–5-merous, in axillary cymes. Fr. a 4–5-celled capsule, usually lobed or winged. Seeds 0–2 per cell, usually covered by a brightly coloured fleshy aril.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 2 |
| Exotic: Casual | 3 |
| Total | 5 |
Bibliography
Connor, H.E.; Fountain, J. 2009: Plants that Poison: A New Zealand Guide. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.
Kubitzki, K. 2004: VI Flowering Plants. Dicotyledons: Celestrales, Oxalidales, Rosales, Cornales, Ericales. Kubitzki, K. (ed.) The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants. Spinger-Verlag, Berlin. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
