Euonymus serratifolius | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Celastrales |
Family: | Celastraceae |
Genus: | Euonymus |
Species: | E. serratifolius |
Binomial name | |
Euonymus serratifolius Beddome | |
Euonymus serratifolius is a species of plant in the family Celastraceae. It is endemic to Kerala and Tamil Nadu in India.
Euonymus is a genus of flowering plants in the staff vine family, Celastraceae. Common names vary widely among different species and between different English-speaking countries, but include spindle, burning-bush, strawberry-bush, wahoo, wintercreeper, or simply euonymus. It comprises about 130 species of deciduous and evergreen shrubs, small trees and lianas. They are mostly native to East Asia, extending to the Himalayas, and they are also distributed in Europe, Australasia, North America, and Madagascar. 50 species are endemic to China.
Euonymus europaeus, the spindle, European spindle, or common spindle, is a species of flowering plant in the family Celastraceae, native to much of Europe, where it inhabits the edges of forest, hedges and gentle slopes, tending to thrive on nutrient-rich, chalky and salt-poor soils. It is a deciduous shrub or small tree. Other names include fusoria, fusanum, ananbeam, shemshad rasmi (Iran), while it may have given its name to the ancient Greek settlement of Euonymeia.
Euonymus alatus, known variously as winged spindle, winged euonymus, or burning bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Celastraceae, native to central and northern China, Japan, and Korea.
Euonymus atropurpureus is a species of shrub in the bittersweet family. It has the common names American wahoo, eastern wahoo, burningbush, and hearts bursting with love. It is native to eastern North America.
Euonymus fortunei, the spindle, Fortune's spindle, winter creeper or wintercreeper, is a species of flowering plant in the family Celastraceae, native to east Asia, including China, Korea, the Philippines and Japan. It is named after the Scottish botanist and plant explorer Robert Fortune. Euonymus is highly invasive and damaging in the United States, causing the death of trees and forest in urban areas.
The cobalt-rumped parrotlet or blue-winged parrotlet is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae. It is the nominate species.
Euonymus acanthocarpus is a species of flowering plant in the family Celastraceae. It is endemic to China. It has a scattered distribution in forest habitat.
Euonymus angulatus is a species of tree in the family Celastraceae. They can grow up to 5 metres (16 ft) tall and have dull purple flowers. They grow in medium elevation evergreen forests between 800 and 1,400 metres. It is endemic to India, where it is known from Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Euonymus assamicus is a species of plant in the family Celastraceae. It is endemic to Assam.
Euonymus cochinchinensis is a tree of tropical Asia in the staff vine family Celastraceae. The specific epithet cochinchinensis refers to the species being native to Indo-China.
Euonymus glandulosus is a species of plant in the family Celastraceae. It is a tree found in Borneo and the Philippines.
Euonymus grandiflorus is a species of plant in the family Celastraceae. It is found in China, Myanmar, and Nepal.
Euonymus javanicus is a species of plant in the family Celastraceae. It is found in Malaysia and Singapore.
Euonymus lanceifolia is a species of plant in the family Celastraceae. It is endemic to China.
Euonymus morrisonensis is a species of plant in the family Celastraceae. It is endemic to Taiwan. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Euonymus pallidifolius is an ornamental shrub in the family Celastraceae. It is endemic to Taiwan. It is threatened by habitat loss and considered critically endangered. Euonymus pallidifolia grows in evergreen forests on raised coral reefs. The plant's entire remaining habitat is located in the Kenting National Park in Taiwan.
Euonymus paniculatus is a species of plant in the family Celastraceae. It is endemic to Tamil Nadu in India.
Euonymus thwaitesii is a species of plant in the family Celastraceae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.
Euonymus walkeri is a species of plant in the family Celastraceae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.
Pryeria sinica, the euonymus defoliator moth is a species of moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is native to Asia and has been introduced in the United States, where it has been found in Maryland and Virginia.