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Spiraea
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Spiraea , sometimes spelled spirea in common names, and commonly known as meadowsweets or steeplebushes, is a genus of about 80 to 100 species of shrubs in the family Rosaceae. They are native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere, with the greatest diversity in eastern Asia.
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Spiraea is a genus of plants within the family Rosaceae. It belongs to the order Rosales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta in the kingdom Plantae. The genus is classified under the subfamily Spiraeoideae. Its scientific name is Spiraea L., with Spiraea salicifolia serving as the taxonomic type. Common names for the genus include spirea, Espirea, tavolník, and Spiræa. The fruit type of these plants is a follicle.
The native range of Spiraea includes Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Alberta, Altay, Amur, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Belarus, British Columbia, and Bulgaria. Specimens have been recorded in Mexico, China, the United States, Ukraine, and Canada. Various databases hold records of this genus, including 278,904 occurrences in the Global Biodiversity Information Facility and 4,327 records in iDigBio. The genus has been described in sources such as the New International Encyclopedia and the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.
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Species
Spiraea
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderRosales
- FamilyRosaceae
Spiraea Les spirées (genre Spiraea) sont des arbustes de la famille des Rosacées dont la taille varie de 0,5 m à 2 m suivant les espèces. Il existe plus d'une centaine d'espèces à floraison blanche ou de diverses teintes de rose, floraison de printemps ou floraison d'été.
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 4,327
- With media
- 2,549
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Collections
- CAS, DBG, NHA, MSC, UCMP, YPM
- Recorded in
- Mexico, China, United States, Ukraine, Canada
Research
161 papers- Phytoconstituents and Bioactivity of Plants of the Genus Spiraea L. (Rosaceae): A Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
- Spiraea prunifolia var. simpliciflora leaves ameliorate inflammatory responses and oxidative stress in PPE/LPS-induced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease mouse model.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025
- Spiraea prunifolia leaves extract inhibits adipogenesis and lipogenesis by promoting β-oxidation in high fat diet-induced obese mice.Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie · 2022
- Plastid genome and its phylogenetic implications of Asiatic Spiraea (Rosaceae).BMC plant biology · 2024
- The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Spiraea×vanhouttei (Briot) Zabel (Rosaceae).Mitochondrial DNA. Part B, Resources · 2022
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Description
- Ecology
- Uses
- Food
- Horticulture
- Traditional medicine
- Other
- Species
- Formerly placed here
- Hybrids
- References
- External links
Spiraea , sometimes spelled spirea in common names, and commonly known as meadowsweets or steeplebushes, is a genus of about 80 to 100 species of shrubs in the family Rosaceae. They are native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere, with the greatest diversity in eastern Asia.
The genus formerly included the herbaceous species now segregated into the genera Filipendula and Aruncus; recent genetic evidence has shown that Filipendula is only distantly related to Spiraea, belonging in the subfamily Rosoideae.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Spiraea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.