Viburnum

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Dipsacales

Familia: Viburnaceae
Genus: Viburnum
Sectiones: V. sect. Megalotinus – V. sect. Odontotinus – V. sect. Opulus – V. sect. Tomentosa – V. sect. Viburnum

Species:
a

V. acerifolium – V. acutifolium – V. alabamense – V. albopedunculatum – V. alpinum – V. amplificatum – V. amplifolium – V. anabaptista – V. annamensis – V. antioquense – V. arboreum – V. atrocyaneum – V. australe – V. axillare – V. ayavacense
b

V. beccarii – V. betulifolium – V. blandum – V. brachyandrum – V. brachybotryum – V. bracteatum – V. brevitubum – V. buddleifolium – V. burejaeticum
c

V. carlesii – V. caudatum – V. chingii – V. chinshanense – V. chunii – V. ciliatum – V. cinnamomifolium – V. clemensae – V. colebrookeanum – V. congestum – V. cornutidens – V. corylifolium – V. corymbiflorum – V. costaricanum – V. cotinifolium – V. cubense – V. cylindricum
d

V. dalzielii – V. davidii – V. deamii – V. dentatum – V. dilatatum – V. discolor – V. disjunctum – V. divaricatum
e

V. edule – V. elatum – V. ellipticum – V. erosum – V. erubescens – V. euryphyllum
f

V. fansipanense – V. farreri – V. floccosum – V. foetens – V. foetidum – V. fordiae – V. formosanum – V. fragile – V. furcatum – V. fuscum
g

V. garretii – V. glaberrimum – V. glabratum – V. glomeratum – V. goudotii – V. grandiflorum – V. griffithianum
h

V. hainanense – V. hallii – V. hanceanum – V. hartwegii – V. hayatae – V. hengshanicum – V. henryi – V. hirsutum – V. hispidulum – V. hoanglienense – V. hondurense
i

V. incarum – V. inopinatum
j

V. jamesonii – V. japonicum – V. jelskii – V. jucundum – V. junghuhii
k

V. kansuense – V. kerrii – V. kiusianum – V. koreanum
l

V. lancifolium – V. lantana – V. lantanoides – V. lasiophyllum – V. laterale – V. lehmannii – V. leiocarpum – V. lentago – V. loeseneri – V. longipedunculatum – V. longiradiatum – V. lutescens – V. luzonicum
m

V. macrocephalum – V. maculatum – V. mathewsii – V. meiothyrsum – V. melanocarpum – V. membranaceum – V. microcarpum – V. microphyllum – V. molinae – V. molle – V. mongolicum – V. mortonianum – V. mullaha
n

V. nervosum – V. nudum
o

V. obovatum – V. obtectum – V. obtusatum – V. odoratissimum – V. oliganthum – V. omeiense – V. opulus – V. orientale
p

V. parvifolium – V. phlebotrichum – V. pichinchense – V. pinnina – V. platyphyllum – V. plicatum – V. propinquum – V. prunifolium – V. punctatum – V. pyramidatum
q

V. queremalense
r

V. rafinesquianum – V. recognitum – V. reticulatum – V. rhombifolium – V. rhytidophyllum – V. rigidum – V. rufidulum
s

V. sambucinum – V. sargentii – V. schensianum – V. seemanii – V. sempervirens – V. setigerum – V. shweliense – V. sieboldii – V. siltepecanum – V. simonsii – V. sphaeracarpum – V. spruceanum – V. squamulosum – V. stellato-tomentosum – V. stellatum – V. stenocalyx – V. stipitatum – V. subalpinum – V. subpubescens – V. subsessile – V. sulcatum – V. suratense – V. suspensum – V. sympodiale
t

V. taitoense – V. tashiroi – V. tengyuehense – V. ternatum – V. tiliifolium – V. tinoides – V. tinus – V. toronis – V. trabeculosum – V. tricostatum – V. tridentatum – V. triphyllum – V. triplinerve
u

V. undulatum – V. urbanii – V. urceolatum – V. utile
v

V. venustum – V. vernicosum – V. villosum
w

V. wardii – V. wendlandii – V. witteanum – V. wrightii – V. wurdackii
y

V. yunnanense

Fossil-species: †V. pugetense

V. acerifolium - - V. atrocyaneum - - V. betulifolium - V. bitchiuense - V. brachyandrum - V. brachybotryum - V. bracteatum - V. brevipes - V. buddleifolium - - V. burkwoodii - - V. carlcephalum - V. carlesii - V V. cassinoides - - V. chunii - - V. lantana - V. utile - V. villosum - - V. wrightii -

Name

Viburnum L., Sp. Pl. 1: 267. (1753)

Type species: Viburnum lantana , (1753)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Oreinotinus Oerst. Vidensk. Meddel. Dansk Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn, 1860: 281. (1861)
Actinotinus Oliv., Hooker's Icon. Pl., 18: , pl. 1740. (1888)

References

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 267. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Viburnum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 May 29. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2018. Viburnum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Mar. 6. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2014. Viburnum. Published online. Accessed: July 12 2014. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2014. Viburnum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 July 2014.

Vernacular names
العربية: رباطية
azərbaycanca: Başınağacı
башҡортса: Балан
беларуская: Каліна
български: Калина
català: Viburn
Cebuano: Viburnum
kaszëbsczi: Kalëna
čeština: kalina
чӑвашла: Палан
dansk: Snebolle
Deutsch: Schneeball
English: Snowball tree, Guelder Rose
Esperanto: Viburno
español: Viburnum
eesti: Lodjapuu
فارسی: گوله‌برفیان
suomi: Heidet
français: Viorne
galego: Viburno
עברית: מורן
hornjoserbsce: Kaledźina
magyar: Bangita
հայերեն: Բռնչի
Ido: Viburno
italiano: Viburno
日本語: ガマズミ属
ქართული: ძახველი
қазақша: Шәңкіш
перем коми: Жов
коми: Жов
lietuvių: Putinas
македонски: Удика
Nederlands: Sneeuwbal
norsk: Krossvedslekta
ирон: Мыртгæ
polski: Kalina
română: Călin
русский: Калина
slovenčina: kalina
svenska: Olvonsläktet
тоҷикӣ: Будоғ
Türkçe: Kartopu
удмурт: Шупу
українська: Калина
Winaray: Viburnum
中文: 荚蒾属

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.[1]

The member species are evergreen or deciduous shrubs or (in a few cases) small trees native throughout the temperate Northern Hemisphere, with a few species extending into tropical montane regions in South America and southeast Asia. In Africa, the genus is confined to the Atlas Mountains.
Name

The generic name Viburnum originated in Latin, in which it referred to V. lantana.[3][4]
Description

The leaves are opposite, simple, and entire, toothed or lobed; cool temperate species are deciduous, while most of the warm temperate species are evergreen. Some species are densely hairy on the shoots and leaves, with star-shaped hairs.

The flowers are produced in corymbs 5–15 cm across, each flower white to cream or pink, small, 3–5 mm across, with five petals, strongly fragrant in some species. The gynoecium has three connate carpels with the nectary on top of the gynoecium. Some species also have a fringe of large, showy sterile flowers around the perimeter of the corymb to act as a pollinator target.

The fruit is a spherical, oval, or somewhat flattened drupe, red to purple, blue, or black, and containing a single seed; some are edible for humans, but many others are mildly poisonous. The leaves are eaten by the larvae of many Lepidoptera species.
Species

Around 165 species are described. A 2014 phylogenetic study[5] proposed the following phylogenetic scheme and sections:
Viburnum Phylogenetic Tree
Viburnum

V. clemensiae
Regulaviburnum
Valvatotinus

Lentago (7 species)
Paleovaltinus

Punctata (2)

Euviburnum (15)

Pseudotinus (4)
Pluriviburnum
Perplexitinus
Amplicrenotinus
Crenotinus

Solenotinus (22)
Lutescentia

V. amplifolium

V. colebrookeanum

V. garrettii

V. junghunii

V. laterale

V. pyramidatum

V. lutescens

Tomentosa (2)

V. amplificatum

Urceolata (2)
Nectarotinus

Tinus (8)
Imbricotinus
Laminotinus
Corrisuccotinus

V. acerifolium

V. kansuense

V. orientale

Succotinus (34)

Coriaceae (3)

Sambucina (10)

Opulus (5)
Porphyrotinus

Mollotinus (5)
Oreinodentinus

Dentata (3)

Oreinotinus (30)

V. clemensiae Kern

Lentago – Eastern North America except for V. elatum in Mexico[6]

V. cassinoides L. – Witherod viburnum, wild raisin, Appalachian tea
V. elatum Benth
V. lentago L. – nannyberry
V. nudum L. – possumhaw
V. obovatum Walter – Small-leaf Virbunum
V. prunifolium L. – blackhaw
V. rufidulum Raf. – rusty blackhaw

Punctata

Viburnum lepidotulum Merr. & Chun
Viburnum punctatum Buch.-Ham. Ex D. Don

Euviburnum

V. bitchiuense Makino
V. buddleifolium
V. burejaeticum Regel et Herder
V. carlesii Hemsl. Ex Forb. & Hemsl. – Korean spice viburnum
V. cotinifolium D. Don
V. lantana L. – wayfaring tree, hoarwithy
V. macrocephalum Fortune – Chinese viburnum (琼花)
V. mongolicum (Pall.)Rehder
V. rhytidophyllum Hemsl. Ex Forb. & Hemsl. – wrinkled viburnum
V. schensianum Maxim.
V. utile Hemsl. – service viburnum
V. veitchii C.H. Wright

Pseudotinus – Asia, except V. lantanoides in Eastern North America[6]

V. furcatum Blume ex Hook.f. & Thomson – forked viburnum, scarlet leaved viburnum
V. lantanoides Michx. – hobble-bush, American wayfaring tree
V. nervosum D. Don
V. sympodiale Graebn.

Solenotinus – Asia, extending west to India and south to Indonesia[6]

V. awabuki Hort.Berol. Ex K. Koch
V. brachybotryum Hemsl.
V. chingii P.S. Hsu
V. corymbiflorum P.S. Hsu & S.C. Hsu
V. erubescens Wall
V. farreri Stearn – Farrer's viburnum[7]
V. foetens
V. grandiflorum Wall. Ex DC – Himalayan viburnum
V. henryi Hemsl.
V. odoratissimum Ker-Gawl. – sweet viburnum
V. oliganthum Batalin
V. sieboldii Miq. – Siebold's viburnum
V. subalpinum Hand.-Mazz.
V. suspensum Lindl. – Sandankwa viburnum
V. taitoense Hayata

Lutescentia (excluding Tomentosa)

V. amplifolium
V. colebrookeanum Wall. Ex DC
V. garrettii
V. junghunii
V. laterale
V. lutescens Blume
V. pyramidatum

Tomentosa – China, Japan[6]

V. plicatum Thunberg – Japanese snowball
V. hanceanum

Amplicrenotinus (excluding Crenotinus)

V. amplificatum J. Kern

Urceolata

V. taiwanianum Hayata
V. urceolatum Siebold & Zucc.

Tinus – Asia, except V. tinus in Europe[6]

V. atrocyaneum C.B. Clarke
V. calvum Rehder
V. cinnamomifolium Rehder – cinnamon-leaved viburnum
V. davidii Franchet – David viburnum
V. propinquum Hemsl.
V. rigidum Vent.
V. tinus M.J. – Laurustinus
V. triplinerve

Corisuccotinus (excluding Succotinus and Coriaceae)

V. acerifolium L. – maple-leaf viburnum
V. kansuense Batalin
V. orientale Pall.

Succotinus

V. adenophorum W.W. Sm.
V. annamensis Fukouoka
V. betulifolium Batalin
V. brachyandrum Nakai
V. corylifolium Hook.f. & Thomson
V. dilatatum Thunberg – linden viburnum
V. erosum Thunberg
V. flavescens W.W. Sm.
V. foetidum (Graebn.) Rehder
V. formosanum Hayata
V. hupehense Rehder
V. ichangense Rehder
V. integrifolium Hayata
V. japonicum Spreng
V. lobophyllum
V. luzonicum Rolfe
V. melanocarpum Hsu in Chen et al.
V. mullaha Buch.-Ham. Ex D.Don
V. parvifolium Hayata
V. sempervirens K. Koch
V. setigerum M.J. Donoghue – tea viburnum
V. tashiroi Nakai
V. wrightii Miquel – Wright's viburnum

Coriaceae

V. coriaceum Blume
V. cylindricum Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don
V. hebanthum Wight & Arn.

Sambucina

V. beccarii Gamble
V. hispidulum J. Kern
V. inopinatum Craib.
V. sambucinum Reinew. Ex Blume
V. vernicosum Gibbs
V. ternatum Rehder

Opulus – Circumboreal[6]

V. edule Raf. – squashberry, mooseberry, pembina, pimbina, lowbush cranberry, moosomin (Cree language)
V. koreanum – Korean viburnum
V. opulus L. – Guelder-rose
V. sargentii Koehne – Tianmu viburnum (天目琼花)
V. trilobum Marshall – high bush viburnum

Mollotinus

V. australe C.V. Morton – Mexican arrowwood
V. bracteatum Rehder – bracted arrowwood, limerock arrowwood
V. ellipticum Hook. – common viburnum, oval-leaved viburnum
V. molle Michx. – softleaf arrowwood
V. rafinesquianum Schult. – downy arrowwood

Dentata – Mexico, Caribbean, and Central and South America[6]

V. dentatum L. – arrowwood viburnum
V. recognitum Fernald – smooth arrowwood

Oreinotinus – Mexico, Caribbean, and Central and South America[6]

V. acutifolium Benth.
V. caudatum Greenm.
V. costaricanum (Oerst.) Hemsl.
V. discolor Benth.
V. disjunctum C.V. Morton
V. divaricatum
V. jamesonii (Oerst.)Killip & A.C. Sm.
V. jucundum C.V. Morton
V. lautum C.V. Morton
V. loeseneri Graebn.
V. stellato-tomentosum (Oerst.) Hemsl.
V. stenocalyx Hemsl.
V. sulcatum (Oerst.) Hemsl.
V. toronis Killip & A.C. Sm.
V. triphyllum Benth. – chuchua, chuque

Undetermined

V. arboreum
V. betulifolium Batalin
V. glomeratum
V. hondurense
V. maculatum
V. molinae
V. mortonianum
V. phlebotrichum
V. scabrellum
V. subpubescens
V. treleasei
V. tridentatum
V. venosum (or V. dentata var venosum)

Formerly placed here

Hydrangea arborescens L. (as V. alnifolium Marshall, or V. americanum Mill.)
Hydrangea macrophylla (Thunb.) Ser. (as V. macrophyllum Thunb.)[8]

Cultivation and uses
Viburnum grandiflorum
Viburnum plicatum var. plicatum

Many species of viburnum have become popular as garden or landscape plants because of their showy flowers and berries, fragrance, and good autumn colour of some forms. Some popular species, hybrids, and cultivars include:[9]

The hybrid Viburnum × bodnantense (V. farreri × V. grandiflorum) is particularly popular for its strongly scented pink flowers on the leafless deciduous shoots in mid- to late winter.
Viburnum × burkwoodii (V. carlesii × V. utile)
Viburnum × carlcephalum (V. carlesii × V. macrocephalum)
Viburnum carlesii has round white flowerheads, strong fragrance, dense structure, and reddish leaves in autumn.
Viburnum davidii is an evergreen species from China with blue fruit.
Viburnum dentatum has flat-topped flowers, bluish fruit, and reddish leaves in autumn. It is somewhat salt-tolerant. The cultivar 'Blue Muffin' is more compact than the species and has fruit that are a deeper blue than the species.
Viburnum dilatatum has flat-topped flowers, reddish leaves in autumn, and bright red fruit that persist into winter.
Viburnum × jackii – Jack's viburnum
Viburnum × juddii (V. bitchiuense × V. carlesii)
Viburnum plicatum has white flowers, textured leaves, reddish-black fruit, and can grow quite large under ideal conditions. The species can tolerate shade, but not drought.
Viburnum × pragense (V. rhytidophyllum × V. utile)
Viburnum × rhytidophylloides (V. lantana × V. rhytidophyllum)popular evergreen shrub, drought resistant. Shiny green leafs, white flowers.
Viburnum rhytidophyllum is a popular evergreen species, grown mainly for its foliage effect of large, dark green leathery leaves with strongly wrinkled surface. This is the parent species of two popular hybrid cultivars known as 'Alleghany' and 'Pragense'. 'Alleghany' was selected from a hybrid between V. rhytidophyllum and V. lantana 'Mohican' (in 1958, at the US National Arboretum).
Viburnum setigerum has upright, coarse structure and orange to reddish-orange fruit.
Viburnum sieboldii has coarse, open structure, flat-topped flowers, reddish-black fruit, and can grow as a small tree.
Viburnum tinus is a widely grown garden and landscape shrub.

The cultivars 'Pragense'[10] and 'Eskimo',[11] of mixed or uncertain parentage, have won the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
Other uses

In prehistory, the long, straight shoots of some viburnums were used for arrow-shafts, as those found with Ötzi the Iceman.

The fruit of some species (e.g. V. lentago[12]) are edible and can be eaten either raw or for making jam, while other species (e.g. V. opulus[13]) are mildly toxic and can cause vomiting if eaten in quantity.

The bark of some species is used in herbal medicine, as an antispasmodic and to treat asthma.[13]
Cultural references

In Ukraine, Viburnum opulus is an important element of their traditional folk cultures, and Viburnum opulus (kalyna) is seen as a national symbol, an emblem for both the Koliada festivities and the concept of young girl's love and tenderness. It is the key element of the Ukrainian traditional wreath. A number of folk songs are dedicated to kalyna as well as very popular song "Oi u Luzi Chervona Kalina".

The Lithuanian name for the genus Viburnum is "Putinas".[14] This was the pen name of Lithuanian poet and writer Vincas Mykolaitis.[15] In 2000, the Lithuanian liquor company Alita released a vodka named Putin Vodka, with a red, white, and blue label, which are the colours of the Russian flag. Sold only in Lithuania at that time, a company spokesperson said that the name had its origin in the tree "putinas", after speculation arose that it was named after Russian president Vladimir Putin.[16]
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Plants for a future: Viburnum lentago
Plants for a future: Viburnum opulus
"Putinas (lot. Viburnum) - visagalis sveikatinantis augalasžiūrėkite video". Sodoexpertai.lt (in Lithuanian). 17 May 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
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