Biology:Aruncus sylvester

Short description: Species of plant in the genus Aruncus

Aruncus sylvester
In bloom
Botanical illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Genus:	Aruncus
Species:	A. sylvester
Binomial name
Aruncus sylvester Kostel. ex Maxim.
Synonyms
List Aruncus aethusifolius (H.Lév.) Nakai Aruncus aruncus (L.) H.Karst. Aruncus asiaticus Pojark. Aruncus dioicus var. aethusifolius (H.Lév.) H.Hara Aruncus dioicus var. asiaticus (Pojark.) Kitag. Aruncus dioicus f. laciniatus (H.Hara) H.Ikeda Aruncus dioicus var. laciniatus (H.Hara) H.Hara Aruncus dioicus var. tenuifolius (Nakai ex H.Hara) H.Hara Aruncus dioicus f. tomentosus (Koidz.) H.Hara Aruncus dioicus subsp. vulgaris (Maxim.) Tzvelev Aruncus dioicus var. vulgaris (Maxim.) H.Hara Aruncus kyusianus Koidz. Aruncus laciniatus H.Hara Aruncus sylvester f. incisus Liou & C.Y.Li Aruncus sylvester var. tenuifolius Nakai ex H.Hara Aruncus sylvester var. tomentosus Koidz. Aruncus sylvester var. vulgaris Maxim. Aruncus sylvestris Kostel. Aruncus tomentosus (Koidz.) Koidz. Aruncus vulgaris (Maxim.) Raf. ex H.Hara Aruncus vulgaris var. laciniatus H.Hara Astilbe thunbergii var. aethusifolia H.Lév. Spiraea aruncus L. Ulmaria aruncus (L.) Hill

Aruncus sylvester, the goat's beard, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae, found from the Himalayas to the Russian Far East and Japan. As its synonym Aruncus aethusifolius it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Subtaxa

The following varieties are accepted:

• Aruncus sylvester var. laciniatus (H.Hara) H.Hara – northern Japan
• Aruncus sylvester var. sylvester

References

Wikidata ☰ Q10888503 entry