Viburnum betulifoliumBatalin

WFO wfo-0001291000 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Viburnum betulifolium, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. a Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-05-04 / obs. 131276043
Viburnum betulifolium, photographed by Tatsutomo Chin
fig. b Tatsutomo Chin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 40576935
Viburnum betulifolium, photographed by Cynthia Su
fig. c Cynthia Su, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 38851934
Viburnum betulifolium, photographed by Cynthia Su
fig. d Cynthia Su, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 38851458
Viburnum betulifolium, photographed by Cheng-Te Hsu
fig. e Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 22126616
Viburnum betulifolium, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. f Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 134294379
Viburnum betulifolium, photographed by Lin Scott
fig. g Lin Scott, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 18824267
Viburnum betulifolium, photographed by Kristof Zyskowski
fig. h Kristof Zyskowski, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 6570044

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Native range 6 botanical countries

Regions where Viburnum betulifolium is native: China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Inner Mongolia, Taiwan, Tibet China North-CentralChina South-CentralChina SoutheastInner MongoliaTaiwanTibet
Native distribution of Viburnum betulifolium, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
China North-Central CHN ASIA-TEMPERATE
China South-Central CHC
China Southeast CHS
Inner Mongolia CHI
Taiwan TAI
Tibet CHT

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 20 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Viburnum adenophorum W.W.Sm.
  • Viburnum betulifolium var. betulifolium
  • Viburnum betulifolium var. flocculosum (Rehder) P.S.Hsu
  • Viburnum dasyanthum Rehder
  • Viburnum flavescens W.W.Sm.
  • Viburnum formosanum f. morrisonense (Hayata) Nakai
  • Viburnum formosanum var. taihasense (Hayata) Nakai
  • Viburnum hupehense Rehder
  • Viburnum hupehense subsp. hupehense
  • Viburnum hupehense subsp. septentrionale P.S.Hsu
  • Viburnum lobophyllum Graebn.
  • Viburnum lobophyllum var. flocculosum Rehder
  • Viburnum lobophyllum var. silvestrii Pamp.
  • Viburnum luzonicum var. morrisonense (Hayata) S.S.Ying
  • Viburnum morrisonense Hayata
  • Viburnum ovatifolium Rehder
  • Viburnum taihasense Hayata
  • Viburnum willeanum Graebn.
  • Viburnum wilsonii Rehder
  • Viburnum wilsonii var. adenophorum (W.W.Sm.) Hand.-Mazz.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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