View source for Cornus subg. Cornus

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|accepted_name=Cornus subg. Cornus
|accepted_authority=
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|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Cornaceae;Cornus;Cornus subg. Cornus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cornaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Cornus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Cornus subg. Cornus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 444
|treatment_page=page 449
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism growth form;whole_organism growth form"><b>Shrubs </b>or trees;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="rhizome presence">rhizomes absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="branch arrangement;leaf arrangement"><b>Branches </b>and leaves opposite.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties=""><b>Inflorescences </b>umbels;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="bract quantity;bract development;bract architecture;bract position relational">bracts 4, well developed, not petaloid, subtending inflorescence and enclosing it over winter.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="pedicel presence"><b>Pedicels </b>present.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="drupe fusion"><b>Drupes </b>distinct;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="stone apex shape">stone apex pointed to slightly rounded.</span><!--

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|distribution=Calif.;Eurasia
|discussion=<p>Species 4 (2 in the flora).</p>
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==Key==
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|1
|Petals greenish yellow; bracts lanceolate, apices acute; drupes purple-black when mature.
|[[Cornus sessilis|Cornus sessilis]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Petals bright yellow; bracts ovate, apices obtuse with apiculate tip; drupes red when mature.
|[[Cornus mas|Cornus mas]]
|}
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name=Cornus subg. Cornus
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|rank=subgenus
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Cornaceae
|distribution=Calif.;Eurasia
|reference=None
|publication title=
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|special status=
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V12/V12_268.xml
|genus=Cornus
|subgenus=Cornus subg. Cornus
|bract architecture=not petaloid
|bract development=developed
|bract position relational=enclosing
|bract quantity=4
|branch arrangement=opposite
|drupe fusion=distinct
|leaf arrangement=opposite
|pedicel presence=absent
|rhizome presence=absent
|stone apex shape=pointed;slightly rounded
|whole_organism growth form=tree;shrub
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