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Genus: Euonymus
Life
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Archaeoplastida >
Chloroplastida
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Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants)
> Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants)
> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Rosids >
Eurosid I > Family: Celastraceae
About 175 species that are either shrubs, trees or
climbers and are native mainly to Asia. Eight species are cultivated in
southern Africa.
Species cultivated in southern Africa
List from
Glen (2002).
Euonymus alatus
Native to China and Japan. |
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Euonymus europaeus (Common
spindle tree)
Native to Europe and western Asia. |
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Euonymus fimbriatus
Native to India. |
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Euonymus fortunei
Native to Japan, China and Korea. |
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Euonymus hamiltonianus
Indigenous from India to Japan. |
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Euonymus japonicus (Spindle
tree)
Native to China, Korea and Japan. |
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Euonymus nanus
Native to southeastern Europe to China. |
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Euonymus verrucosus
Native to Europe and western Asia. |
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Herbivores
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