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Taxon:  Viburnum plicatum Thunb.



Summary
Genus:
Viburnum
Family:
Viburnaceae
Nomen number:
41404
Place of publication:
Trans. Proc. Linn. Soc. London 2:332. 1794
Verified:
11/19/1986 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Viburnum plicatum Thunb. var. plicatum (0 active accession[s])
Viburnum plicatum Thunb. var. tomentosum Miq. (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Viburnum plicatum Thunb. f. plicatum

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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
  3. Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
  4. Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1963. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada.
  5. Hara, H. 1983. A revision of Caprifoliaceae of Japan with reference to allied plants in other districts and the Adoxaceae. Ginkgoana 5:221-222.
  6. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  7. Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
  8. Jiangsu Inst. Bot., ed. v. 1; Shan. R. H., ed. v. 2. 1977-1982. Jiangsu Zhiwuzhi (Flora of Jiangsu).
  9. Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976)
  10. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
  11. McAtee, W. L. 1956. Review of the nearctic Viburnum. 110-112.
  12. Meyer, F. G. et al. 1994. A catalog of cultivated woody plants of the southeastern United States
  13. Rehder, A. 1949. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs.
  14. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
  15. 2018. Mid-Atlantic invasive plant species (on-line resource)
Common names
English
Japanese snowball –
Chinese
fen tuan (粉团) –
Swedish
japansk snöbollsbuske –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaAnhui Shengs. & w.
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaFujian Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangdong Shengn.
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqun.e.
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuizhou Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHenan Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHubei Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHunan Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaJiangxi Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShaanxi Shengs.
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaSichuan Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaZhejiang Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanHonshu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanKyushu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanShikoku 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaKorea  
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Anhui Sheng (s. & w.), Fujian Sheng, Guangdong Sheng (n.), Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu (n.e.), Guizhou Sheng, Henan Sheng, Hubei Sheng, Hunan Sheng, Jiangxi Sheng, Shaanxi Sheng (s.), Sichuan Sheng, Yunnan Sheng, Zhejiang Sheng]
  • EASTERN ASIA: Korea, Japan [Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku], Taiwan
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976)
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=41404. Accessed 21 May 2025.