Details for: PI 583788, Viburnum rhytidophyllum Hemsl., 'Cree'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Viburnum rhytidophyllum Hemsl.

Cultivar:

'Cree'

Origin:

Collected – Hubei Sheng, China

Maintained:

National Arboretum

Received by NPGS:

29 Jul 1994

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Plant

Life Form:

Shrub

Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Viburnum rhytidophyllum Hemsl.

Cultivar:

'Cree'

Origin:

Collected – Hubei Sheng, China

Maintained:

National Arboretum

Received by NPGS:

29 Jul 1994

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Plant

Life Form:

Shrub

Source History

Collected

03 August 1980.
Hubei Sheng, China
Locality: Shennongjia Forest District, Western Hubei Province: Along trail from Qiujiaping toward Laojun Mountain.
Elevation: 2100m.
Environment description: Disturbed valley with Pinus and Fagus above 2100 m. Altitude: 1500-2300 m.
Associated species: Pinus sp.; Fagus sp.
Comment: Shrub ca 4 m tall. At first fruits are red, then mature fruits turn black.
Collector(s):

Dudley, T.R., U.S. National Arboretum

Developed

District of Columbia, United States
Comment: Evaluated and selected by Donald R. Egolf. Originally a seedling recorded under NA 49608 (the parent accession).
Developer(s):

Egolf, Donald R., U.S. National Arboretum

Donated

District of Columbia, United States
Comment: Released and named by G.R. Johnson.
Donor(s):

Johnson, G.R., U.S. National Arboretum

Accession Names and Identifiers

'Cree'

Type: Cultivar name

SABE 649

Type: Collector identifier

Bruce Bartholomew (Univ. of Calif. Botanical Gdn at Berkeley); David E. Boufford (Carnegie Mus. of Nat. Hist.); Theodore "Ted" R. Dudley (U.S. National Arboretum); Stephen A. Spongberg (Arnold Arboretum); James L. Luteyn (New York Botanical Gdn); A. L. Chang; Z. Cheng; S. A. He; Y. X. Jin; Q. Y. Li; S. C. Sun; Y. C. Tang; J. X. Wan, and T. S. Ying: 1980 Sino-American Botanical Expedition to Western Hubei Province, China.

NA 62293

Type: Site identifier

Group: NA

U.S. National Arboretum

2277-1-E

Type: Developer identifier

NA 49608

Type: Site identifier

U.S. National Arboretum parent accession number (lineage number). This number is assigned to the lot from which 'Cree' was selected as an individual seedling.

U.S. National Arboretum

TD 0880

Type: Exploration identifier

Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS

Exploration ID links

Narrative

Spreading dense-branched shrub, grows 2.6m high and 2.4m wide in 13 yrs. Leaves large (15cm long, 5cm wide), dark green remain evergreen throughout the year. Proven to be reliably evergreen in USDA cold hardiness zone 6 and may prove evergreen in zone 5. Flowers white, in cymose clusters (8-10cm wide) open in mid May in Wash., D.C. Most readily propagated by softwood cuttings under mist.

Viburnum rhytidophyllum Hemsl.

Genus:

Viburnum

Family:

Viburnaceae

Nomen number:

41413

Place of publication:

F. B. Forbes & W. B. Hemsley, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 23:355. 1888

Verified:

11/19/1986 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Viburnum rhytidophyllum Hemsl. f. aureovariegatum Boom (0 active accession[s])
Viburnum rhytidophyllum Hemsl. f. rhytidophyllum (0 active accession[s])
Viburnum rhytidophyllum Hemsl. f. roseum Rehder (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	leatherleaf viburnum	1	Meyer, F. G. et al. 1994. A catalog of cultivated woody plants of the southeastern United States
English	wayfaring-bush	1	Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora.
English	wrinkled viburnum	1	Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
Swedish	rynkolvon	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

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