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Viburnum tinus - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Ilha de São Miguel, Açores, Portugal; 4/2007 © Jörn Germer

Viburnum tinus - Flower side view - Click to enlarge!

Flower side view; Ilha de São Miguel, Açores, Portugal; 4/2007 © Jörn Germer

Viburnum tinus - Infructescence - Click to enlarge!

Infructescence; Ilha de São Miguel, Açores, Portugal; 4/2007 © Jörn Germer

Viburnum tinus - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Ilha de São Miguel, Açores, Portugal; 4/2007 © Jörn Germer

Viburnum tinus - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Ilha de São Miguel, Açores, Portugal; 4/2007 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 677
Date of entry: 19.12.2007
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Laurustinus

German: Lorbeerblättriger Schneeball

Portuguese: Folhado-comum

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Dipsacales (35)

        Family: Adoxaceae (6)(family description)

          Genus: Viburnum (4)

            Epithet: tinus L. (1)

tinus => 'tenth born' inferring 'late arrival', an ancient latin name of V. tinus for blooming so late in the year

Characteristics

Climate: temperate

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: shrub

Flower colour: pink, white

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