Cornus wardiana Rushforth & Wahlsteen (2021:413)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Chamaepericlymenum wardii Kingdon-Ward (1960) [nomen nudum]
Conservation Status
Last record: 20 November 1937 (Wahlsteen et al., 2021)
Rediscovered in: 2016 (Wahlsteen et al., 2021)
Distribution & Habitat
Arunachal Pradesh, India & Kachin, northern Myanmar (=Burma)
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Wahlsteen, Eric, Zhou, Wenbin, Xiang, Qiuyun (Jenny) and Rushforth, Keith. (2021). Rediscovery of the lost little dogwood Cornus wardiana (Cornaceae) - its phylogenetic and morphological distinction and implication in the origin of the Arctic-Sino-Himalayan disjunction. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 59(2): 405-416. https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.12576
Other references:
Eyde, R. H. and Ferguson, K. (1989). The little lost dogwood of Frank Kingdon Ward. Curtis’s Botanical Magazine 6: 74-83. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8748.1989.tb00639.x
Kingdon-Ward, Frank. (1960). Pilgrimage for plants. London: G.G. Harrap.
POWO. (2026). Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 25 March 2026]
Soni, Ashish K., Tiwari, Umeshkumar L., Kumar, Abhinav and Thakur, Bijay. (2026). New Botanical Discovery: Cornus wardiana Rushforth & Wahlsteen, A New Record of a Plant From India. Feddes Repertorium 137(1): e70076. https://doi.org/10.1002/fedr.70076
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