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Genus: Spiraea 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 > Order: Rosales > Family: Rosaceae
About 80 to 100 species, native to the Northern Hemisphere
and especially diverse in eastern Asia. Ten species and one hybrid are
cultivated in southern Africa.
Species cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
Spiraea alba
Native to eastern USA and Canada. |
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Spiraea betulifolia
(Maruba-shimotsuke)
Native from Siberia to Japan. |
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Spiraea canescens
Native to the Himalayas. |
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Spiraea cantonensis
Native to China and Japan. |
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Spiraea douglasii
Native to western USA and Canada. |
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Spiraea japonica
Native from India to Japan. |
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Spiraea menziesii
Native to western USA and Canada. |
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Spiraea prunifolia
Native to Japan and China. |
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Spiraea thunbergii
Native to China and Japan. |
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Spiraea veitchii
Native to China. |
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Spiraea x billardii |
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