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The Botanical System of the Plants
Das Botanisches System der Pflanzen
Friedrich A. Lohmueller

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Species: ~ 60
Geography: Subtropic.

(Sub)genus Cornus - Cornels

• Cornus chinensis (Chinese Cornel - Chinesische Kornelkirsche). - China.
• Cornus eydeana, - SouthernChina.
• Cornus mas (European Cornel, Cornelian-cherry - Kornelkirsche). - Mediterranean.
• Cornus officinalis (Japanese Cornel - Asiatische Kornelkirsche). - China, Korea, Japan.
• Cornus sessilis (Blackfruit Cornel). - California.
• Cornus volkensii, - East Africa

(Sub)genus Swida - Dogwoods

• Cornus alba, (Swida alba; Siberian Dogwood- Tatarischer Hartriegel). - Siberia and northern China.
• Cornus alternifolia, (Swida alternifolia); (Pagoda Dogwood or Alternate-leaf Dogwood - Wechselblättriger Hartriegel). - Eastern North America north to extreme southeast Canada.
• Cornus amomum, (Swida amomum; Silky Dogwood - Seidenhaariger Hartriegel ). - Eastern U.S. east of the Great Plains except for deep south, and extreme southeast Canada.
• Cornus asperifolia, (Swida asperifolia; Rough-leaf Dogwood).
• Cornus austrosinensis, (Swida austrosinensis; South China Dogwood). - East Asia.
• Cornus bretschneideri, (Swida bretschneideri; Bretschneider's Dogwood). - Northern China.
• Cornus controversa, (Swida controversa; Table Dogwood - Pagoden-Hartriegel). - East Asia.
• Cornus coreana, (Swida coreana; Korean Dogwood). - Northeast Asia.
• Cornus drummondii, (Swida drummondii; Roughleaf Dogwood). - U.S. between the Appalachian belt and the Great Plains, and southern Ontario.
• Cornus foemina, (Swida foemina; Stiff Dogwood) - Southeastern, Southern, and Eastern United States.
• Cornus glabrata, (Swida glabrata; Brown Dogwood or Smooth Dogwood). - Western North America.
• Cornus hemsleyi, (Swida hemsleyi; Hemsley's Dogwood). - Southwest China.
• Cornus koehneana,(Swida koehneana; Koehne's Dogwood). - Southwest China.
• Cornus macrophylla, (Swida macrophylla; Large-leafed Dogwood). - East Asia.
• Cornus obliqua, (Swida obliqua; Pale Dogwood). - Eastern North America.
• Cornus paucinervis, (Swida paucinervis). - China.
• Cornus racemosa, (Swida racemosa; Northern Swamp Dogwood or Gray Dogwood). - Extreme southeast Canada and northeast U.S.
• Cornus rugosa, (Swida rugosa; Round-leaf Dogwood). - Southeast Canada and extreme northeast U.S.
• Cornus sanguinea, (Swida sanguinea; Common Dogwood - Blutroter Hartriegel). - Europe.
• Cornus sericea, (C. stolonifera; Swida stolonifera); (Red Osier Dogwood - Seidiger Hartriegel). - Northern North America.
• Cornus stricta, (Swida stricta; Southern Swamp Dogwood). - Southeast U.S.
• Cornus walteri, (Swida walteri; Walter's Dogwood). - Central China.
• Cornus wilsoniana, (Swida wilsoniana; Wilson's Dogwood). - Central China.

(Sub)genus Chamaepericlymenum - Bunchberries or Dwarf cornels

• Cornus canadensis, (Chamaepericlymenum canadense); (Canadian Dwarf Cornel or Bunchberry - Kanadischer Hartriegel) - Northern North America.
• Cornus suecica, (Chamaepericlymenum suecicum; Eurasian Dwarf Cornel or Bunchberry). - Northern Eurasia, locally in extreme northeast and northwest North America.
• Cornus x unalaschkensis, (hybrid C. canadensis x C. suecica). - Aleutian Islands, Greenland, Labrador.

(Sub)genus Benthamidia - Flowering dogwoods
(syn. subgenus Dendrobenthamia, subgenus Cynoxylon).

• Cornus capitata, (Benthamidia capitata, Dendrobenthamia capitata; (Himalayan Flowering Dogwood). - Himalaya.
• Cornus florida, (Benthamidia florida; (Flowering Dogwood - Blüten-Hartriegel). - U.S. east of the Great Plains, north to southern Ontario.
• Cornus hongkongensis, (Benthamidia hongkongensis, Dendrobenthamia hongkongensis; (Hongkong Dogwood - Hongkong-Hartriegel). - Southern China, Laos, Vietnam.
• Cornus kousa, (Benthamidia kousa, Dendrobenthamia kousa; (Kousa Dogwood - Asiatischer Blüten-Hartriegel). - Japan and (as subsp. chinensis) central + northern China.
• Cornus nuttallii, (Benthamidia nuttallii); (Pacific Dogwood - Nuttalls Blüten-Hartriegel ). - Western North America from British Columbia to California.