Amelanchier Medik.

First published in Philos. Bot. 1: 155 (1789)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is N. America, Europe to Medit. and Caucasus, Central Asia, Central & E. China to Japan.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Arizona, Arkansas, Austria, Baleares, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Delaware, District of Columbia, East Aegean Is., Florida, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Korea, Kriti, Krym, Labrador, Lebanon-Syria, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Morocco, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, Northwest Territorie, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Poland, Portugal, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Sicilia, South Carolina, South Dakota, Spain, Switzerland, Tennessee, Texas, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yugoslavia, Yukon

Introduced into:

Central European Rus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, Great Britain, Ireland, Netherlands, Northwest European R, Norway, Sweden

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Maries [s.n.] Japan K000758494 Unknown Type Material Yes
Henry, A. [5521] China K000758496 Unknown Type Material Yes
Henry, A. [6278] China K000758497 Unknown Type Material Yes
Suksdorf, W. [10494] United States K000758514 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Japan K000758495 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bürger, H. [s.n.] Japan K000758493 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0