Spiraea
Spiraea
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<catset>Category="Rosaceae"</catset><table border=1 cellpadding=0 style="position:relative; margin: 0 0 0.5em 1em; border-collapse: collapse; float:right; clear:right; width:200px;"><tr style="text-align:center;"><th style=" background: lightgreen;"><div style="float:right; font-size:70%; padding:0 .5em 0 2em">?</div><b> Spiraea</b></th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;">[image]<br><small> <i>Spiraea thunbergii</i></small></td></tr><tr style="text-align:center;"><th style=" background: lightgreen;"><b><a href="Scientific classification">Scientific classification</a></b></th></tr><tr style="text-align:center;"><td> <table cellpadding=2 style="margin:0 auto; text-align:left; background:none;"><tr valign=top><td>Kingdom:</td><td><a href="Plant">Plantae</a></td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Division:</td><td><a href="Flowering plant">Magnoliophyta</a></td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Class:</td><td><a href="Dicotyledon">Magnoliopsida</a></td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Order:</td><td><a href="Rosales">Rosales</a></td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Family:</td><td><a href="Rosaceae">Rosaceae</a></td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Subfamily:</td><td><a href="Spiraeoideae">Spiraeoideae</a></td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Genus:</td><td><i><b>Spiraea</b></i></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr style="text-align:center; background: lightgreen;"><th><b> Species</b></th></tr><tr><td style="padding: 0 .5em;"> About 80-100, see text</td></tr></table><p><i><b>Spiraea</b></i> is a genus of about 80-100 species of <a href="Shrub">shrubs</a> in the <a href="Rosaceae">Rosaceae</a>, subfamily <a href="Spiraeoideae">Spiraeoideae</a>. They are native to the temperate <a href="Northern Hemisphere">Northern Hemisphere</a>, with the greatest diversity in eastern <a href="Asia">Asia</a>.<p>The genus was formerly treated as also contained the herbaceous species now segregated into the genera <i><a href="Filipendula">Filipendula</a></i> and <i><a href="Aruncus">Aruncus</a></i>; recent <a href="Genetic">Genetic</a> evidence has shown that <i>Filipendula</i> is only distantly related to <i>Spiraea</i>, belonging in the subfamily <a href="Rosoideae">Rosoideae</a>.<dl><dt>Selected species </dl><ul> <li><i>Spiraea alba</i> <li><i>Spiraea amoena</i> <li><i>Spiraea arcuata</i> <li><i>Spiraea baldschuanica</i> <li><i>Spiraea bella</i> <li><i>Spiraea betulifolia</i> <li><i>Spiraea blumei</i> <li><i>Spiraea calcicola</i> <li><i>Spiraea cana</i> <li><i>Spiraea canescens</i> <li><i>Spiraea cantoniensis</i> <li><i>Spiraea chamaedryfolia</i> <li><i>Spiraea crenata</i> <li><i>Spiraea decumbens</i> <li><i>Spiraea densiflora</i> <li><i>Spiraea douglasii</i> (<a href="Hardhack">Hardhack</a>) [image] <li><i>Spiraea gemmata</i> <li><i>Spiraea henryi</i> <li><i>Spiraea hypericifolia</i> <li><i>Spiraea japonica</i> (Japanese Spiraea) <li><i>Spiraea latifolia</i> <li><i>Spiraea longigemmis</i> <li><i>Spiraea media</i> <li><i>Spiraea micrantha</i> <li><i>Spiraea miyabei</i> <li><i>Spiraea mollifolia</i> <li><i>Spiraea nervosa</i> <li><i>Spiraea nipponica</i> <li><i>Spiraea prunifolia</i> (Bridalwreath Spiraea) <li><i>Spiraea pubescens</i> <li><i>Spiraea rosthornii</i> <li><i>Spiraea salicifolia</i> (Bridewort Spiraea) <li><i>Spiraea sargentiana</i> <li><i>Spiraea thunbergii</i> [image] <li><i>Spiraea tomentosa</i> (<a href="Steeplebush">Steeplebush</a>) <li><i>Spiraea trichocarpa</i> <li><i>Spiraea trilobata</i> <li><i>Spiraea veitchii</i> <li><i>Spiraea virginiana</i> <li><i>Spiraea wilsonii</i> <li><i>Spiraea yunnanensis</i> </ul><p>There are also numerous named <a href="Hybrid">hybrids</a>, some occurring in the wild, others bred in <a href="Garden">gardens</a>; some are important <a href="Ornamental plant">ornamental plants</a>: <ul> <li><i>Spiraea x arguta</i> (<i>S. x multiflora</i> x <i>S. thunbergii</i>) <li><i>Spiraea x billardii</i> (<i>S. douglasii</i> x <i>S. salicifolia</i>) <li><i>Spiraea x blanda</i> (<i>S. nervosa</i> x <i>S. cantoniensis</i>) <li><i>Spiraea x brachybotrys</i> (<i>S. canescens</i> x <i>S. douglasii</i>) <li><i>Spiraea x cinerea</i> (<i>S. hypericifolia</i> x <i>S. cana</i>) <li><i>Spiraea x conspicua</i> (<i>S. japonica</i> x <i>S. latifolia</i>) <li><i>Spiraea x fontenaysii</i> (<i>S. canescens</i> x <i>S. salicifolia</i>) <li><i>Spiraea x foxii</i> (<i>S. japonica</i> x <i>S. betulifolia</i>) <li><i>Spiraea x gieseleriana</i> (<i>S. cana</i> x <i>S. chamaedryfolia</i>) <li><i>Spiraea x macrothyrsa</i> (<i>S. douglasii</i> x <i>S. latifolia</i>) <li><i>Spiraea x multiflora</i> (<i>S. crenata</i> x <i>S. hypericifolia</i>) [image] <li><i>Spiraea x notha</i> (<i>S. betulifolia</i> x <i>S. latifolia</i>) <li><i>Spiraea x nudiflora</i> (<i>S. chamaedryfolia</i> x <i>S. bella</i>) <li><i>Spiraea x pikoviensis</i> (<i>S. crenata</i> x <i>S. media</i>) <li><i>Spiraea x pyramidata</i> (<i>S. betulifolia</i> x <i>S. douglasii</i>) <li><i>Spiraea x revirescens</i> (<i>S. amoena</i> x <i>S. japonica</i>) <li><i>Spiraea x sanssouciana</i> (<i>S. japonica</i> x <i>S. douglasii</i>) <li><i>Spiraea x schinabeckii</i> (<i>S. chamaedryfolia</i> x <i>S. trilobata</i>) <li><i>Spiraea x semperflorens</i> (<i>S. japonica</i> x <i>S. salicifolia</i>) <li><i>Spiraea x vanhouttei</i> (<i>S. trilobata</i> x <i>S. cantoniensis</i>) <li><i>Spiraea x watsoniana</i> (<i>S. douglasii</i> x <i>S. densiflora</i>) </ul>