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

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Familia: Adoxaceae E.Mey. (moschatel family - Moschuskrautgewächse) ; former: Sambucaceae Batsch ex Borkh.
Genus:  Sambucus L. - (Elder - Holunder, Holler)

Sambucus nigra
Sambucus nigra
     

Species: 20 ~ 40.
Geography: temperate subtropical regions of Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere.

Common elder - Gewöhnlicher Holunder
  • Sambucus australis (Southern Elder) - temperate eastern South America.
  • Sambucus canadensis (American Elder - Kanadischer Holunder) - eastern North America; with blue-black berries.
  • Sambucus cerulea (Blueberry Elder - Blauer Holunder) - western North America; with blue berries
    syn.: Sambucus caerulea,
    syn.: Sambucus glauca .
  • Sambucus javanica (Chinese Elder) - southeastern Asia.
  • Sambucus mexicana (Mexican Elder) - Mexico and Central America; with blue-black berries.
  • Sambucus nigra L. - (elder, black elder, elderberry, European elder - Holunder, Schwarzer Holunder, Holderbusch, Holler) , - Europe, northwest Africa, southwest Asia; - with black berries.
  • Sambucus nigra var. albitida - (Weißer Holunder).
  • Sambucus palmensis (Canary Islands Elder) - Canary Islands; with black berries.
  • Sambucus peruviana (Peruvian Elder) - northwest South America; with black berries.
  • Sambucus simpsonii (Florida Elder)- southeastern United States; with blue-black berries.
  • Sambucus peruviana (Andean Elder) - northern South America; with blue-black berries.
  • Sambucus velutina (Velvet Elder) - southwestern North America; with blue-black berries.
Blackberry Elder - Schwarzer Holunder
  • Sambucus melanocarpa (Blackberry Elder), - western North America .
Red-berried elder - (colder parts of the Northern Hemisphere)
  • Sambucus callicarpa Greene (Pacific Coast Red Elder) - west coast of North America.
  • Sambucus chinensis Lindl. (Chinese Red Elder) - eastern Asia, in mountains.
    syn.: Sambucus chinensis var. formosana (Nakai) H.Hara,
    syn.: Sambucus formosana Nakai,
    syn.: Sambucus hookeri Rehder
  • Sambucus latipinna (Korean Red Elder;) - Korea, southeast Siberia.
  • Sambucus microbotrys (Mountain Red Elder) - southwest North America, in mountains.
  • Sambucus pubens (American Red Elder) - northern North America.
  • Sambucus racemosa (European Red Elder, Red-berried Elder) - northern Europe, northwest Asia.
  • Sambucus sieboldiana (Japanese Red Elder - Japanischer Holunder) - Japan, Korea)
  • Sambucus sibirica Nakai - Asien.
    syn.: Sambucus buergiana Blume f. cordifoliata Skv. & Wang-Wei, syn.: Sambucus buergeriana Blume var. miquelii Nakai, syn.: Sambucus williamsii Hance var. miquelii (Nakai) Y.C.Tang ex J.Q.Hu .
  • Sambucus tigranii (Caucasus Red Elder) - southwest Asia, in mountains.
  • Sambucus williamsii Hance - (North China Red Elder) - northeast Asia.
    syn.: Sambucus foetidissima Nakai,
    syn.: Sambucus latipinna var. pendula Skvortzow,
    syn.: Sambucus manshurica Kitagawa.

Australian elder
- australischer Holunder, (Australasia)
  • Sambucus australasica (Yellow Elder) - New Guinea, eastern Australia.
  • Sambucus gaudichaudiana (Australian Elder, White Elder; shady areas of south eastern Australia.
Dwarf elders - Zwerg-Holunder
  • Sambucus adnata Wallich ex DC. (Asian Dwarf Elder) - Himalaya and eastern Asia; berries red.
    syn.: Sambucus gautschii Wettst.,
    syn.: Sambucus schweriniana Rehder
  • Sambucus ebulus (European Dwarf Elder - Attich, Zwergholunder) - central and southern Europe, northwest Africa and southwest Asia; berries black.


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