Viburnum tinusL.

Laurustinus

WFO wfo-0000422887 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Viburnum tinus, photographed by naturewatchwidow
fig. a naturewatchwidow, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-02 / obs. 193471589
Viburnum tinus, photographed by Elizabete Marchante
fig. b Elizabete Marchante, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 192239796
Viburnum tinus, photographed by David Delon
fig. c David Delon, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 188547322
Viburnum tinus, photographed by Santiago Martín-Bravo
fig. d Santiago Martín-Bravo, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 187323066
Viburnum tinus, photographed by Tania Walisch
fig. e Tania Walisch, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 186710249
Viburnum tinus, photographed by Y. Liu
fig. f Y. Liu, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 189230235
Viburnum tinus, photographed by Olivier Argagnon
fig. g Olivier Argagnon, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 184896503
Viburnum tinus, photographed by Jacqueline Jeanne
fig. h Jacqueline Jeanne, CC0 1.0 / obs. 186026577

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Native range 20 botanical countries

Regions where Viburnum tinus is native: Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Türkiye, Albania, Baleares, Corse, France, Greece, Italy, NW. Balkan Pen., Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain AlgeriaLibyaMoroccoTunisiaCyprusEast Aegean Is.Lebanon-SyriaPalestineTürkiyeAlbaniaCorseFranceGreeceItalyNW. Balkan Pen.PortugalSiciliaSpain BalearesSardegna
Native distribution of Viburnum tinus, 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. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Baleares BAL
Corse COR
France FRA
Greece GRC
Italy ITA
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Portugal POR
Sardegna SAR
Sicilia SIC
Spain SPA
Cyprus CYP ASIA-TEMPERATE
East Aegean Is. EAI
Lebanon-Syria LBS
Palestine PAL
Türkiye TUR
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Libya LBY
Morocco MOR
Tunisia TUN

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 11 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.

  • Tinus laurifolius Borkh.
  • Tynus lauriformis J.Presl
  • Tynus lucidus J.Presl
  • Viburnum latifolium Schult.
  • Viburnum lauriforme Lam.
  • Viburnum lucidum Mill.
  • Viburnum tinus var. hirtum Aiton
  • Viburnum tinus var. lucidum (Mill.) Aiton
  • Viburnum tinus var. strictum Aiton
  • Viburnum tinus var. subcordatum Trel.
  • Viburnum tinus var. virgatum Aiton

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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