Viburnum lantanaL.

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WFO wfo-0000421166 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Viburnum lantana, photographed by Michelle Norcéide
fig. a Michelle Norcéide, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-13 / obs. 205900747
Viburnum lantana, photographed by Jason Grant
fig. b Jason Grant, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205218205
Viburnum lantana, photographed by Zeke Marshall
fig. c Zeke Marshall, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204351931
Viburnum lantana, photographed by Yann Kemper
fig. d Yann Kemper, CC0 1.0 / obs. 204130398
Viburnum lantana, photographed by Zeke Marshall
fig. e Zeke Marshall, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203274722
Viburnum lantana, photographed by Zeke Marshall
fig. f Zeke Marshall, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203273890
Viburnum lantana, photographed by Jason Grant
fig. g Jason Grant, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 200563072
Viburnum lantana, photographed by Jens-Christian Svenning
fig. h Jens-Christian Svenning, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 199033778

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Native range 24 botanical countries

Regions where Viburnum lantana is native: Algeria, Morocco, Iran, North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia-Slovakia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kriti, Krym, NW. Balkan Pen., Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine AlgeriaMoroccoIranNorth CaucasusTranscaucasusTürkiyeAlbaniaAustriaBelgiumBulgariaCzechia-SlovakiaFranceGermanyGreeceHungaryItalyKritiKrymNW. Balkan Pen.RomaniaSpainSwitzerlandUkraine
Native distribution of Viburnum lantana, 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
Albania ALB EUROPE
Austria AUT
Belgium BGM
Bulgaria BUL
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
France FRA
Germany GER
Great Britain GRB
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Italy ITA
Kriti KRI
Krym KRY
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Romania ROM
Spain SPA
Switzerland SWI
Ukraine UKR
Iran IRN ASIA-TEMPERATE
North Caucasus NCS
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Morocco MOR

Not drawn on the map: Great Britain. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

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 5 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 aragonense Pau
  • Viburnum farinosum Stokes
  • Viburnum lantana var. europaeum Aiton
  • Viburnum maculatum Pant.
  • Viburnum tomentosum Lam.

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. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. 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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