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Latin name	Cordia valenzuelana A.Rich.
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Synonym	Cordia rangelensis Moldenke
English name	Valenzuela cordia
French name	cordia de Valenzuela
Spanish name	ateje hembra (Cuba)
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Latin name	Cornus L.
Family	Cornaceae
Distribution
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Synonym	Arctocrania (Endl.) Nakai Benthamia Lindl. Benthamidia Spach Chamaepericlymenum Hill. Cornella Rydb. Cynoxylon Raf. Eukrania Raf. Macrocarpium Nakai Ossea Nieuwl. & Lunell Svida Opiz Swida Opiz Thelycrania (Dumort.) Fourr.
English name	dogwood; bunchberry; cornel (Canada, USA); kinnikinnick (USA)
French name	cornouiller
Spanish name	aceitunillo, topoza (Mexico)
Other name	Hartriegel (german); corniolo (italian)
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Latin name	Cornus alternifolia L.f.
Family	Cornaceae
Distribution	MC ME North America (Canada: S Manitoba to Newfoundland; USA: Minnesota to Maine, Arkansas to N Florida)
North America distribution zone	MC ME
Height	S
Foliage	D
Ecology	sci [hyg] mes
Use	dr dr(ob) (decoction) fd (fruits) fr ma (from roots extract we can recuparate a brown dye by adding vinegar) pl (ornamental)
Synonym	Bothrocaryum alternifolia (L.f.) Pojark. Swida alternifolia (L.f.) Small
English name	alternateleaf dogwood; blue dogwood, blue pagoda, glogwood, pagoda dogwood, pagoda-cornel, pagodatree, pigeon berry, umbrella; alternate-leaved dogwood, green osier, green-osier, pagoda-dogwood (Canada)
French name	cornouiller à feuilles alternes; cornouiller à feuilles alternées, cornouiller alternifolié
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Other name	corniolo a foglie alternate (italian)
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Latin name	Cornus disciflora DC.
Family	Cornaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel mes
Use	ti (boxes, interior construction, low quality furniture)
Synonym	Benthamia disciflora (DC.) Nakai Benthamidia disciflora (Sessé & Moç. ex DC.) H.Hara Benthamidia disciflora var. floccosa (Wangerin) H.Hara Cornus capitata Sessé & Moç. Cornus disciflora var. floccosa (Wangerin) Standl. Cornus disciflora f. floccosa (Wangerin) Rickett Cornus floccosa Wangerin Cornus grandis Schltld. & Cham. Cynoxylon disciflorum (Sessé & Moç. ex DC.) Hutch. Cynoxylon floccosum (Wangerin) Hutch. Discocrania disciflora (Sessé & Moç. ex DC.) M.Král Discocrania floccosa (Wangerin) M.Král
English name	discflower dogwood
French name	cornouiller à fleurs discoïdes
Spanish name	abiodo, aceituna, asincle (Costa Rica); azulillo (Costa Rica, Mexico); canelo, cordoncillo, guardafuego, horó (Costa Rica); matahombro (Panama); matlahuacal prieto (Costa Rica); mimbre pasilla (Costa Rica, Mexico); palo bolitero (Guatemala); palo canelo (Costa Rica); pasilla blanca (Costa Rica, Mexico); xochilcoroua (Costa Rica)
Other name	akinivi, asintla, isimac, tchacari-huani
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Latin name	Cornus drummondii C.A.Mey.
Family	Cornaceae
Distribution	MC ME SC North America (Canada: S Ontario; USA: South Dakota to New York, Texas to Alabama)
North America distribution zone	MC ME SC
Height	[S]
Foliage	D
Ecology	hel hyg->xer
Use	fr sa ti
Synonym	Cornus asperifolia var. drummondii (C.A.Mey.) J.M.Coult. & W.H.Evans Cornus priceae Small Swida drummondii (C.A.Mey) Soják Swida priceae (Small) Small
English name	roughleaf dogwood; rough-leaf dogwood
French name	cornouiller de Drummond; cornouiller central (Canada)
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Latin name	Cornus excelsa Kunth
Family	Cornaceae
Distribution	SC North America (C Mexico to Guatemala)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S?
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Synonym	Cornus lanceolata Rose Cornus tolucensis Kunth Swida excelsa (Kunth) Soják Thelycrania excelsa (Kunth) Pojark.
English name	lofty dogwood
French name	cornouiller élevé
Spanish name	mimbre, mimbre blanco (Mexico)
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Latin name	Cornus florida L.
Family	Cornaceae
Distribution	MC ME SC North America (Canada: S Ontario; USA: Michigan to Maine, Texas to N Florida; Mexico: Nuevo León to Veracruz) int MW Eurasia (former USSR: Crimea, Caucasus)
North America distribution zone	MC ME SC
Height	M
Foliage	D
Ecology	[sci] hel hyg->mes acid
Use	cl (emblem tree of Missouri and Virginia States of USA) dr (bark dried and pounded is an excellent substitute to quinine to low malaria fever) dr (bark decoction has astringent property for mouth disease or sickness, bark and roots have tonic and stimulating properties) dr(ob) (decoction, medication) fd (fruits) fr ma(ob) (dye) pl (ornamental) sa ti (ball bearings, golf clubs, netting needles, spindles, tool handles) ti(ob) (arrows, spears) tx (fruits to humans)
Synonym	Benthamia florida (L.) Nakai Benthamidia florida (L.) Spach Cornus florida ssp. urbiniana (Rose) Rickett Cornus florida var. urbiniana (Rose) Wangerin Cornus florida f pluribracteata Rehder Cornus florida f. rubra (Weston) E.J.Palmer & Steyerm. Cornus florida f. xanthocarpa Rehder Cornus urbiniana Rose Cynoxylon floridum (L.) Raf. ex B.D.Jacks
English name	flowering dogwood; arrow wood, arrowood, bitter red berry, boxwood, common dogwood, common white dogwood, cornel, country timber, dogtree, dogwood cornel; eastern flowering dogwood (Canada); false boxwood, Florida dogwood, flower-cornel, greath-flowered dogwood; red osier, red willow (Canada); Virginia dogwood, white cornel
French name	cornouiller fleuri; bois de buis, bois de chien, bois de flèche, bois-bouton (Canada); bois-bouton double, bois-bouton jaune; bois-bouton rouge (Canada); cornel rouge, cornouiller à fleurs, cornouiller à grandes fleurs (France); cornouiller de Floride (Canada); cornouiller de la Floride (France)
Spanish name	Blumenhartriegel (german); corniolo americano, corniolo da fiore (italian)
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Latin name	Cornus foemina Mill.
Family	Cornaceae
Distribution	MC ME SE North America (USA: Iowa to New Jersey, Texas to C Florida)
North America distribution zone	MC ME SE
Height	[S]
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg
Use	fr pl
Synonym	Cornus stricta Lam. Swida foemina (Mill.) Rydb. Swida stricta (Lam.) Small
English name	swamp dogwood; bluefruit dogwood, English dogwood, stillcornel, stillcornel dogwood; stilldogwood (USA)
French name	cornouiller des marécages
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Latin name	Cornus glabrata Benth.
Family	Cornaceae
Distribution	MW North America (USA: Oregon, California)
North America distribution zone	MW
Height	S
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Synonym	Swida glabrata (Benth.) A.Heller Thelycrania glabrata (Benth.) Pojark.
English name	smooth dogwood; brown dogwood; smooth-leaf dogwood (USA)
French name	cornouiller glabrescent
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Latin name	Cornus nuttallii Audubon
Family	Cornaceae
Distribution	MW North America (Canada: SW British Columbia; USA: Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California)
North America distribution zone	MW
Height	M[L]
Foliage	D
Ecology	hyg->xer sci
Use	dr(ob) (bark decoction used as a substitute of quinine) fr pl (ornamental) ti (cabinet work, tools) ti(ob) (arrows, bows, combs, kinitting needles, needles, tool handles)
Synonym	Benthamia nuttallii (Audubon) Nakai Benthamidia nuttallii (Audubon) Moldenke Cynoxylon nuttallii (Audubon) Shafer
English name	Pacific dogwood; flowering dogwood p.p., mountain dogwood, Nuttal's dogwood, Pacific flowering dogwood, western dogwood; Pacific dogwood, western flowering dogwood (Canada); andubon (USA)
French name	cornouiller du Pacifique; cornouiller occidental; cornouiller de Nuttall (Canada)
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Other name	Nuttalls Blüten Hartriegel (german); corniolo di Nuttall (italian)
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Latin name	Cornus peruviana J.F.Macbr.
Family	Cornaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica) NW MW MC South America (Colombia, Ecuador: Andes; Peru, Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Use	fw ti
Synonym	Cornus boliviana J.F.Macbr. Swida peruviana (J.F.Macbr.) Holub Viburnum peruvianum (J.F.Macbr.) J.F.Macbr.
English name	Peru dogwood
French name	cornouiller du Pérou
Spanish name	mextol (Ecuador)
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Latin name	Cornus racemosa Lam.
Family	Cornaceae
Distribution	MC ME North America (Canada: S Ontario, S Manitoba; USA: N Dakota to Maine, Nebraska to Arkansas to North Carolina)
North America distribution zone	MC ME
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Synonym	Cornus candidissima Marshall Cornus foemina ssp. racemosa (Lam.) J.S.Wilson Cornus gracilis Koehne Cornus paniculata L'Hér. Swida candidissima (Marshall) Small Swida racemosa (Lam.) Moldenke Thelycrania candidissima (Marshall) Pojark. Thelycrania racemosa (Lam.) D.Löve & J.P.Bernard
English name	gray dogwood; panicled dogwood
French name	cornouiller à grappes
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Latin name	Cornus rugosa Lam.
Family	Cornaceae
Distribution	MC ME North America (Canada: SE Manitoba to Nova Scotia; USA: North Dakota to Maine, Iowa to Virginia)
North America distribution zone	MC ME
Height	[S]
Foliage	D
Ecology	calc
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Synonym	Cornus circinata L'Hér. Swida circinata Small Swida rugosa (Lam.) Rydb. Thelycrania rugosa (Lam.) Pojark.
English name	roundleaf dogwood; round-leaf dogwood; round-leaved dogwood (Canada)
French name	cornouiller rugueux; bois de calumet, cornouiller à rameaux rugueux (Canada)
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Latin name	Cornus sericea L.
Family	Cornaceae
Distribution	N M SC North America (Canada: Yukon Territory and British Columbia to Labrador and Newfoundland; USA: Alaska, Washington to Maine, California to New Mexico to Nebraska to Virginia; Mexico: Chihuahua, Durango, Nuevo León)
North America distribution zone	NW NC NE MW MC ME SC
Height	[S]
Foliage	D
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Synonym	Thelycrania sericea (L.) Dandy
English name	redosier dogwood
French name	cornouiller stolonifère
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Latin name	Cornus sericea ssp. occidentalis (Torr. & Gray) Fosberg
Family	Cornaceae
Distribution	MW North America (USA: W Washington, W Oregon, W and S California)
North America distribution zone	MW
Height	[S]
Foliage	D
Ecology
Use	fr pl
Synonym	Cornus alba var. occidentalis (Torr. & Gray) Boivin Cornus occidentalis (Torr. & Gray) Coville Cornus pubescens Nutt. Cornus sericea var. occidentalis Torr. & Gray Cornus sericea f. occidentalis Fosberg Cornus stolonifera var. occidentalis (Torr. & Gray) C.L.Hitchc.
English name	western redosier dogwood; western dogwood
French name	cornouiller stolonifère occidental
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Latin name	Cornus sericea L. ssp. sericea
Family	Cornaceae
Distribution	N M SC North America (Canada: Yukon Territory and British Columbia to Labrador and Newfoundland; USA: Alaska, Washington to Maine, California to New Mexico to Nebraska to Virginia; N Mexico: Chihuahua, Durango, Nuevo León)
North America distribution zone	NW NC NE MW MC ME SC
Height	[S]
Foliage	D
Ecology	hyg mes
Use	fr pl (ornamental)
Synonym	Cornus alba L. p.p. Cornus alba ssp. stolonifera (Michx.) Wangerin Cornus alba var. baileyi (Coult. & Evans) Boivin Cornus alba var. californica (C.A.Mey.) Boivin Cornus alba var. interior (Rydb.) Boivin Cornus baileyi Coult. & Evans Cornus instolonea A.Nelson Cornus interior (Rydb.) N.Petersen Cornus sericea ssp. stolonifera (Michx.) Fosberg Cornus sericea var. interior (Rydb.) E.P.St.John Cornus stolonifera Michx. Cornus stolonifera var. baileyi (Coult. & Evans) Drescher Cornus stolonifera var. interior (Rydb.) E.P.St.John Swida baileyi (Coult. & Evans) Rydb. Swida instolonea (A. Nelson) Rydb. Swida interior Rydb. Swida stolonifera (Michx.) Rydb. Thelycrania sericea (L.) Dandy
English name	typical redosier dogwood; American dogwood, kinnikinnik, red dogwood, red stemmed dogwood, red-osier, red-osier dogwood, redstem dogwood, squawbush
French name	cornouiller stolonifère typique; hart rouge, harts rouges, osier rouge, poison (Canada)
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Latin name	Cornus sessilis Torr. ex Durand
Family	Cornaceae
Distribution	MW North America (USA: N California)
North America distribution zone	MW
Height	?
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Synonym	Macrocarpium sessile (Torr. ex Durand) Nakai Swida sessilis (Torr. ex Durand) A.Heller
English name	blackfruit dogwood; miners dogwood
French name	cornouiller sessile
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Latin name	Cornutia L.
Family	Verbenaceae
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English name	cornutia
French name	cornutia
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Latin name	Cornutia grandifolia (Schltdl. & Cham.) Schauer
Family	Verbenaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S?
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Ecology	hel hyg sili
Use	dr ma pl
Synonym	Cornutia grandiflora Steud. Cornutia grandifolia var. normalis (Kuntze) Moldenke Cornutia grandifolia var. quadrangularis (Oerst.) Moldenke Cornutia grandifolia var. storkii Moldenke Cornutia pyramidata var. dentata Kuntze Cornutia pyramidata var. normalis Kuntze Hosta grandiflora A.Dietr. Hosta grandifolia Schltdl. & Cham.
English name	bigleaf cornutia
French name	cornutia à grandes feuilles
Spanish name	palo de danto, pavilla (Costa Rica); flor lila, hoja de zope (Guatemala); cucaracho, zopilote (Honduras); cuatro caras, murcielago, palo cuadrado (Panama)
Other name	ix-chel-chen, mahung (maya, Belize)ix-chel-chen, mahung (maya, Belize)
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Latin name	Cornutia microcalycina Pav. ex Moldenke
Family	Verbenaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) South America (general)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	smallcalyx cornutia
French name	cornutia à petit calice
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Latin name	Cornutia obovata Urb.
Family	Verbenaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Puerto Rico)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology
Use	ex pl (potential)
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English name	obovate cornutia
French name	cornutia obové
Spanish name	capá jigüerilla, capá jigüerillo, migua, palo de nigua (Puerto Rico)
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Latin name	Cornutia pyramidata L.
Family	Verbenaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, West Indies) N MW MC South America (Colombia, Guianas, Ecuador: Coast, Andes, Amazonas; Peru, Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
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Ecology	hyg->xer?
Use	dr (leaves infusion for headhache and fever) ma (dye and ink made with fruits)
Synonym	Cornutia grandifolia var. intermedia Moldenke Cornutia latifolia (Kunth) Moldenke Cornutia latifolia var. alba Moldenke Cornutia lilacina Moldenke Cornutia lilacina var. velutina Moldenke Cornutia pyramidata var. isthmica Moldenke Hosta latifolia Kunth Hosta pyramidata A.Dietr.
English name	pyramidal cornutia; matasamo, stinkin' bush (Belize)
French name	cornutia bois-coral; bois coral (Martinique); bois pou-poule (Grenada); bois-cac, bois-caral; bois-cassave (Dominica, St. Lucia); bois-savane; indigotier (Haiti)
Spanish name	azuelo (Puerto Rico); azulejo (Dominican Republic); baston de vieja (Belize); cangrejo (El Salvador); flor lila, hoja de zope (Guatemala); matasano (Belize); palo de vidrio (Dominican Republic); palo quadrodo (Panama); pangoge (Mexico); penda azul (Dominican Republic); romerillo, romerio (Ecuador); salvilla (Cuba); zapilote (El Salvador); zapilote morado (Nicaragua)
Other name	endigo (creole, Haiti); lat-che (maya, Guatemala); mouri-douboute; pampicu teiug (Ecuador); pujcui tape, pujcuichi (cha'palaachi, Ecuador); tzultesnuk (maya, Belize and Guatemala)
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Latin name	Cornutia thyrsoidea Banks ex Moldenke
Family	Verbenaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Ecology	calc hel
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Synonym	Cornutia jamaicensis Moldenke
English name	Jamaica cornutia
French name	cornutia de la Jamaïque
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Latin name	Corylus L.
Family	Betulaceae
Distribution
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English name	hazel; filbert, hazelnut
French name	noisetier; coudrier
Spanish name	avellano
Other name	avellano (italian); Hasel, Haselnuss, Haselnusstrauch (german); nocciolo (italian)
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Latin name	Corylus cornuta Marshall
Family	Betulaceae
Distribution	N M North America (Canada: C British Columbia to Newfoundland; USA: Washington to Maine, Oregon to Colorado to Iowa, Michigan and New Jersey to Mississippi, California)
North America distribution zone	NW NC NE MW MC ME
Height	M
Foliage	D
Ecology
Use	dr(ob) (was used medicinally by Native Americans as an emetic, for teethig, to expel worms, to heal cuts and as an astringent)
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English name	beaked hazel; hazelnut
French name	noisetier à long bec
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Latin name	Corylus cornuta ssp. californica (A.DC.) E.Murray
Family	Betulaceae
Distribution	MW North America (Canada: S British Columbia; USA: Washington to California)
North America distribution zone	MW
Height	M
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Ecology	hyg
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Synonym	Corylus californica (A.DC.) Rose Corylus cornuta var. californica (A.DC.) Sharp Corylus cornuta var. glandulosa B.Boivin Corylus rostrata var. californica A.DC. Corylus rostrata var. tracyi Jeps.
English name	California beaked hazel; California hazel, California hazelnut
French name	noisetier à long bec de Californie
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Latin name	Corynostylis Mart.
Family	Violaceae
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English name	corynostylis
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Latin name	Corynostylis arborea (L.) S.F.Blake
Family	Violaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Belize to Panama) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Ecology	hyg
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Synonym	Corynostylis hybanthus (L.) Mart. Viola arborea L.
English name	treelike corynostylis; monkey apple (Belize)
French name	corynostylis arboré
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Latin name	Cosmibuena Ruiz & Pav.
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution
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English name	cosmibuena
French name	cosmibuéna
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Latin name	Cosmibuena grandiflora (Ruiz & Pav.) Rusby
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) N MW MC South America (Colombia to Suriname, Ecuador: Amazonas; Peru, Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
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Ecology	hyg
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Synonym	Buena latifolia Benth. Buena obtusifolia (Ruiz & Pav.) DC. Buena skinneri Oerst. Cinchona grandiflora Ruiz & Pav. Cinchona longiflora Mutis ex Steud. Cinchona obtusifolia Ruiz & Pav. Cosmibuena arborea Standl. Cosmibuena gardenioides Wernham Cosmibuena grandiflora var. latifolia (Benth.) Steyerm. Cosmibuena latifolia (Benth.) Klotzsch ex Walp. Cosmibuena obtusifolia Ruiz & Pav. Cosmibuena obtusifolia var. latifolia (Benth.) Hook.f. ex Monach. Cosmibuena ovalis Standl. Cosmibuena quinqueflora Klotzsch Cosmibuena skinneri (Oerst.) Hemsl. Cosmibuena triflora (Benth.) Klotzsch
English name	bigflower cosmibuena
French name	cosmibuéna à grandes fleurs
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