Biology:Viburnum cotinifolium
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Short description: Species of plant in the genus Viburnum
| Viburnum cotinifolium | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Dipsacales |
| Family: | Adoxaceae |
| Genus: | Viburnum |
| Species: | V. cotinifolium
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| Binomial name | |
| Viburnum cotinifolium D.Don
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Viburnum cotinifolium, the Indian wayfaring tree, is a species of flowering plant in the family Viburnaceae.[1] It is a deciduous shrub[2] native to the Himalayan region.[3] Its fruit is regularly consumed by Asiatic black bears (Ursus thibetanus).[4]
Subtaxa
The following varieties are accepted:[3]
- Viburnum cotinifolium var. cotinifolium
- Viburnum cotinifolium var. lacei T.R.Dudley – northern Pakistan to the western Himalayas
- Viburnum cotinifolium var. wallichii T.R.Dudley – Nepal
References
- ↑ "Viburnum cotinifolium Indian wayfaring tree". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/23071/i-viburnum-cotinifolium-i/details.
- ↑ "Viburnum cotinifolium PFAF Plant Database". https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Viburnum+cotinifolium.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Viburnum cotinifolium D.Don". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:149630-1.
- ↑ Ali, Ashfaq; Zhou, Zhixiang; Waseem, Muhammad; Khan, Muhammad Fiaz; Ali, Ishtiaq; Asad, Muhammad; Qashqaei, Ali Turk (2017). "An assessment of food habits and altitudinal distribution of the Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus) in the Western Himalayas, Pakistan". Journal of Natural History 51 (11–12): 689–701. doi:10.1080/00222933.2017.1303097.
Wikidata ☰ Q11177675 entry
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