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Genus: Euonymus
Life
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Archaeoplastida >
Chloroplastida
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Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants)
> Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants)
> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Rosids >
Eurosid I > Family: Celastraceae
About 175 species that are either shrubs, trees or
climbers and are native mainly to Asia.
Species cultivated in southern Africa
Euonymus alatus
Indigenous to China and Japan. |
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Euonymus europaeus (Common
spindle tree)
Indigenous to Europe and western Asia. |
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Euonymus fimbriatus
Indigenous to India. |
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Euonymus fortunei
Indigenous to Japan, China and Korea. |
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Euonymus hamiltonianus
Indigenous from India to Japan. |
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Euonymus japonicus (Spindle
tree)
Indigenous to China, Korea and Japan. |
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Euonymus nanus
Indigenous to southeastern Europe to China. |
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Euonymus verrucosus
Indigenous to Europe and western Asia. |
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Herbivores
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