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Euonymus japonicus Thunb.

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Euonymus japonicus Thunb., Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis 203 (1780)
Euonymus japonicus Thunb.
Names_Fungi record source Euonymus japonicus Thunb.

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Exotic
Wild
New Zealand
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Thunb.
Thunb.
Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis
1780
203
ICN
Euonymus japonicus Thunb.
species
Euonymus japonicus

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Celastrales
Celastraceae
Euonymus
japonicus

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Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. 1988: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. IV. Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons. Botany Division DSIR, Christchurch.

Euonymus japonicus Thunb.

Much-branched, glabrous, evergreen shrub or small tree up to 7 m high. Twigs green, terete or slightly 4-ribbed, smooth, often wrinkled when dry, not winged. Lvs opposite, obovate to elliptic, acute, crenate, 2.5-7 cm long; petiole 5-15 mm long. Cymes 5-many-flowered, pedunculate, dichotomous. Buds greenish, slightly 4-angled; fls 4-merous, 6-10 mm diam.; petals green, broadly elliptic, widely separated. Capsule globose, 4-celled, pink, 6-10 mm diam., exposing the orange to deep red aril after opening.

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Euonymus japonicus Thunb.
Euonymus japonicus Thunb.
Biosecurity New Zealand (2008)
Euonymus japonicus Thunb.
Euonymus japonicus Thunb.
Euonymus japonicus Thunb.
Biosecurity New Zealand (2012)
Euonymus japonicus Thunb.
Euonymus japonicus Thunb.
Euonymus japonicus Thunb.
Biosecurity New Zealand (4 Aug 2011)
Euonymus japonicus Thunb.
Euonymus japonicus Thunb.
Euonymus japonicus Thunb.
Howell, C. (2008)
Euonymus japonicus Thunb.
Euonymus japonicus Thunb.
Euonymus japonicus Thunb.
Ministry for Primary Industries (23 Feb 2017)
Euonymus japonicus Thunb.
Euonymus japonicus Thunb.
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)

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Exotic
Cultivated
New Zealand
Political Region
Wilcox, M.; Bradshaw, C.; Cameron, E. (2004)

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Euonymus japonicus Thunb.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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Euonymus japonicus Thunb.
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
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Euonymus japonicus Thunb.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
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Euonymus japonicus Thunb.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
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Euonymus japonicus Thunb.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
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Euonymus japonicus Thunb.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
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Euonymus japonicus Thunb.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
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Euonymus japonicus Thunb.
New Zealand
Westland Land District
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1 January 2000
13 June 2006
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