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Euonymus europaeus L.

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Euonymus europaeus L., Sp. Pl. 197 (1753)
Euonymus europaeus L.
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Exotic
Wild
New Zealand
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L.
L.
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
1753
197
ICN
Euonymus europaeus L.
species
Euonymus europaeus

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Celastrales
Celastraceae
Euonymus
europaeus

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Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. 1988: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. IV. Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons. Botany Division DSIR, Christchurch.

Euonymus europaeus L.

Much-branched glabrous, deciduous shrub or small tree up to 6 m high. Bark grey, smooth. Twigs green, quadrangular, smooth, not winged. Lvs opposite, ovate-lanceolate to elliptic, acute or acuminate, crenate, usually turning red in autumn, 2-10 cm long; petiole 6-12 mm long. Cymes 2-15-flowered, pedunculate, dichotomous. Buds greenish, ± 4-angled; fls usually 4-merous, 8-10 mm diam.; petals greenish yellow, ± oblong, widely separated. Capsule 4-lobed, deep pink, exposing the bright orange aril after opening.

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Euonymus europaeus L.
Euonymus europaeus L.
Biosecurity New Zealand (2012)
Euonymus europaeus L.
Euonymus europaeus L.
Euonymus europaeus L.
Connor, H.E. (1977)
Euonymus europaeus L.
Celastraceae
Euonymus europaeus L.
Euonymus europaeus L.
Howell, C. (2008)
Euonymus europaeus L.
Euonymus europaeus L.
Euonymus europaeus L.
Stewart, J. (1971)
Euonymus europaeus L.
Euonymus europaeus L.
Euonymus europaeus L.
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)

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Exotic
Cultivated
New Zealand
Political Region
Edwards, R. (2008)

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Euonymus europaeus L.
France
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Euonymus europaeus L.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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Euonymus europaeus L.
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
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Euonymus europaeus L.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
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Euonymus europaeus L.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
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Euonymus europaeus L.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
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Euonymus europaeus L.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
8 June 2021
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