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SPECIES: Cornus canadensis | Bunchberry 



ABBREVIATION : 
CORCAN

SYNONYMS : 
   Chamaepericlymenum canadensis


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   COCA13


COMMON NAMES : 
   bunchberry
   bunchberry dogwood
   dwarf dogwood
   Canadian bunchberry
   dogwood bunchberry


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name of bunchberry is Cornus
canadensis L.

The discussion of how closely related forms in the Cornaceae should be
recognized has gone on for years and is summarized by Eyde [17,18] and
Ferguson [20,21].  Two main groups within Cornus are red-line dogwoods,
with showy bracts below the flowers and red fruit, and blue-line
dogwoods, without bracts and blue or white fruit [18].  Some authorities
have made the dwarf red-line dogwoods into a separate genus called
Chamaepericlymenum Hill (other names given this genus include Mesomora,
Cornella, and Arctocrania) [20,77].  Most authorities consider these few
species to be species of Cornus [17,18,20,21,27,34,49,66,77].

Bunchberry hybridizes with Lapland cornel (Cornus suecica) where their
range overlaps in Alaska, Labrador, and Greenland [66,96].  


LIFE FORM : 
Shrub, Forb

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
M. F. Crane, September 1989


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Crane, M. F. 1989. Cornus canadensis. In: Remainder of Citation

Related categories for Species: Cornus canadensis | Bunchberry