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Cornus  L.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 27798

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Common Name(s): dogwood [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2011   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants  
    SubkingdomViridiplantae  – green plants  
       InfrakingdomStreptophyta  – land plants  
          SuperdivisionEmbryophyta   
             DivisionTracheophyta  – vascular plants, tracheophytes  
                SubdivisionSpermatophytina  – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames  
                   ClassMagnoliopsida   
                      SuperorderAsteranae   
                         OrderCornales   
                            FamilyCornaceae  – dogwoods  
                               GenusCornus L. – dogwood  
    Direct Children:  
                                  SpeciesCornus X acadiensis Fernald – Acadia dogwood 
                                  SpeciesCornus alternifolia L. f. – alternate-leaf dogwood, alternateleaf dogwood 
                                  SpeciesCornus amomum Mill. – silky dogwood 
                                  SpeciesCornus X arnoldiana Rehder – Arnold's dogwood 
                                  SpeciesCornus asperifolia Michx. – toughleaf dogwood 
                                  SpeciesCornus canadensis L. – Canadian bunchberry, bunchberry dogwood 
                                  SpeciesCornus capitata Wall. – Bentham's cornel 
                                  SpeciesCornus controversa Hemsl. ex Prain – giant dogwood 
                                  SpeciesCornus drummondii C.A. Mey. – roughleaf dogwood 
                                  SpeciesCornus florida L. – flowering dogwood 
                                  SpeciesCornus foemina Mill. – stiff dogwood, swamp dogwood 
                                  SpeciesCornus X friedlanderi W.H. Wagner – Friedlander's dogwood 
                                  SpeciesCornus glabrata Benth. – smooth dogwood, brown dogwood 
                                  SpeciesCornus X intermedia (Farr) Calder & Roy L. Taylor  
                                  SpeciesCornus kousa Hance – kousa dogwood, Japanese dogwood, kousa 
                                  SpeciesCornus macrophylla Wall.  
                                  SpeciesCornus mas L. – Cornelian cherry, sorbet, cornejo macho 
                                  SpeciesCornus nuttallii Audubon – Pacific dogwood 
                                  SpeciesCornus officinalis Siebold & Zucc. – Asiatic dogwood, Japanese cornel, Japanese cornelian-cherry 
                                  SpeciesCornus quinquinervis Franch.  
                                  SpeciesCornus racemosa Lam. – gray dogwood, panicled dogwood 
                                  SpeciesCornus rugosa Lam. – round-leaf dogwood, roundleaf dogwood 
                                  SpeciesCornus sanguinea L. – bloodtwig dogwood, dogberry, common dogwood, pegwood 
                                  SpeciesCornus sericea L. – redosier, redosier dogwood 
                                  SpeciesCornus sessilis Torr. ex Durand – blackfruit dogwood 
                                  SpeciesCornus X slavinii Rehder – Slavin's dogwood 
                                  SpeciesCornus suecica L. – Lapland cornel 
                                  SpeciesCornus unalaschkensis Ledeb. – western cordilleran bunchberry 
       

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  Source: Cornaceae of North America Update, database (version 2011)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: Updated for ITIS by the Flora of North America Expertise Network, in connection with an update for USDA PLANTS (2007-2010)   
  Reference for: Cornus   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Cornus   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Cornus   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
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