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Sambucus
Family: Adoxaceae
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Malcolm Storey
  • Gleason & Cronquist
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Vascular plants of NE US and adjacent Canada
Cor regular, rotate to saucer-shaped, 5-lobed; stamens 5; style very short, 3-5-lobed; ovary 3-5-locular, with one ovule per locule; fr berry-like, juicy, with 3-5 small seed-like stones; coarse herbs, shrubs, or small trees, with large, pinnately compound lvs and serrate (or cleft) lfls, the small white fls numerous in large terminal cymes. 20, widespread.

Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

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Species within checklist: Iowa
Sambucus callicarpa
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Sambucus canadensis
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Sambucus mexicana
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Sambucus microbotrys
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Sambucus nigra
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Sambucus orbiculata
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Sambucus pubens
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Sambucus racemosa
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Sambucus simpsonii
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