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| June 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
June 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
| Family | Celastraceae |
| Scientific name | Euonymus fortunei (Turczaninow) Handel-Mazzetti |
| Synonyms | Elaeodendron fortunei Turczaninow; Euonymus fortunei (Turczaninow) Handel-Mazzetti forma albifructus Murata; Euonymus fortunei (Turczaninow) Handel-Mazzetti forma angustifolius (Graebn.) H. Hara; Euonymus fortunei (Turczaninow) Handel-Mazzetti forma carrierei (Vauvel) Rehder; Euonymus fortunei (Turczaninow) Handel-Mazzetti var. acuminatus F. H. Chen & M. C. Wang; Euonymus fortunei (Turczaninow) Handel-Mazzetti var. gracilis Rehder; Euonymus fortunei (Turczaninow) Handel-Mazzetti var. minimus Rehder; Euonymus fortunei (Turczaninow) Handel-Mazzetti var. patens (Rehder) Handel-Mazzetti; Euonymus fortunei (Turczaninow) Handel-Mazzetti var. radicans (Siebold ex Miquel) Rehder; Euonymus fortunei (Turczaninow) Handel-Mazzetti var. villosus H. Hara; Euonymus gracilis Siebold; Euonymus hederaceus Champion ex Bentham; Euonymus japonicus Thunberg var. acutus Rehder; Euonymus japonicus Thunberg var. chinensis Pampanini; Euonymus japonicus Thunberg var. radicans Siebold ex Miquel; Euonymus kiautschovicus Loesener; Euonymus kiautschovicus Loesener var. patens (Rehder) Loesener; Euonymus patens Rehder; Euonymus radicans Siebold ex Miquel; Euonymus radicans Siebold ex Miquel var. acutus Rehder; Euonymus radicans Siebold ex Miquel var. alticolus Handel-Mazzetti; Euonymus radicans Siebold ex Miquel var. carrierei (Vauvel) G. Nicholson; Euonymus repens Carriere; Euonymus wensiensis J. W. Ren & D.S. Yao; Masakia radicans (Miquel) Nakai |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) turu-masaki [creeping green tree] |
| (English common name) wintercreeper euonymus, creeping strawberry bush, spindle tree | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
| (Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan, Philippines, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Indonesia, Myanmar, India (cultivated and naturalized in USA) | |
| Chromosomal number | n=16, 2n=32 |
| Description | Plants creeping. Leaves green (sometimes silver or golden variegated) 2-7cm length. Flowers pale green ca. 6mm, flowering in June to July. Evergreen. vine trees. |
| Reference | Euonymus fortunei (Turcz.) Hand.-Mazz. |
| Plant growing method for greening wall surfaces (US Patent 5579603/1996) | |
| Skin external agent (US Patent 5676957/1996) | |
| Note | Euonymus radicans Siebold ex Miquel (syn. Euonymus fortunei (Turczaninow) Handel-Mazzetti var. radicans (Siebold ex Miquel) Rehder) may be an artificially selected and cultivated variety of Euonymus fortunei (Turczaninow) Handel-Mazzetti. |
| Flora of China Committee judged that Euonymus kiautschovicus Loesener (syn. Euonymus fortunei (Turczaninow) Handel-Mazzetti var. patens (Rehder) Handel-Mazzetti; Euonymus patens Rehder) is a synonym of Euonymus fortunei (Turczaninow) Handel-Mazzetti. | |
| Photos below are those of some plants which were cultivated by Tsukuba Botanical Garden and displayed as Euonymus fortunei var radicans.. |
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| June 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
June 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
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| December 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
December 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
