Euonymus cornutus
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'Euonymus cornutus' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.
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Infraspecifics
Other taxa in genus
- Euonymus alatus
- Euonymus americanus
- Euonymus atropurpureus
- Euonymus bungeanus
- Euonymus europaeus
- Euonymus fortunei
- Euonymus frigidus
- Euonymus grandiflorus
- Euonymus hamiltonianus
- Euonymus japonicus
- Euonymus kiautschovicus
- Euonymus latifolius
- Euonymus lucidus
- Euonymus macropterus
- Euonymus myrianthus
- Euonymus nanus
- Euonymus obovatus
- Euonymus oresbius
- Euonymus oxyphyllus
- Euonymus pendulus
- Euonymus phellomanus
- Euonymus planipes
- Euonymus porphyreus
- Euonymus sanguineus
- Euonymus semenowii
- Euonymus theifolius
- Euonymus tingens
- Euonymus verrucosus
- Euonymus wilsonii
This species was treated by Bean (1976) as ‘an ally’ of E. frigidus, with the following description: The points of difference are: leaves linear-lanceolate, with veins making an angle of less than 450 with the midrib; cymes usually three-flowered; fruits with four very prominent wings (to 1⁄2 in. long) attached near the middle of the capsule and produced outwards as a horn-like prolongation. The fruits are five-horned in var. quinquecornutus (Comber) Blakelock.
This species has a wide distribution in W. and S.W. China; introduced by Wilson in 1908 and later by Forrest. An elegant foliage plant remarkable for its large, ridged and horned fruits. It varies in the degree of persistence of its leaves and, as seen in cultivation, is usually more or less deciduous.
var. quinquecornutus (Comber) Blakelock
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This variety, mentioned briefly by Bean, is probably now more frequently cultivated than the type, at least in the United Kingdom, though it is not recognised as distinct by several authorities, including Plants of the World Online and Flora of China. The name remains useful in a horticultural context, however, and plants so-labelled are deservedly appreciated for their pleasing five-lobed fruits (added by JMG, September 2021).