Viburnum laterale Rehder (1912:311)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Will be formally described as Viburnum hanceanum var. depilatum M. Tang & L.C. Zhao (Zhao et al., 2026).
Conservation Status
Last record: 1936 (Zhao et al., 2026) or later
Rediscovered in: 2021 (Zhao et al., 2026)
Distribution & Habitat
southeastern China
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Rehder, A. (1911). Plantae Wilsonianae : an enumeration of the woody plants collected in western China for the Arnold arboretum of Harvard university during the years 1907, 1908, and 1910. vol. 1. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Cambridge University Press, 311 pp.
Other references:
Hsu, P. S. (1988). Viburnum Linnaeus, pp. 12-104. In: Hsu, P. S. (ed.). Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, vol. 72. Science Press, Beijing. [In Chinese]
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 15 February 2026]
Wu, Z. and Raven, P. H. (eds.). (2011). Flora of China 19: 1-884. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
Yang, Q. E. and Malécot, V. (2011). Viburnum Linnaeus, pp. 570-611. In: Wu, Z. Y., Raven, P. H. and Hong, D. Y. (eds.). Flora of China, vol. 19. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
Zhao, Liao-Cheng, Lyu, Wen-jun, Liu, Hong-tao and Tang, Ming. (2026). Unveiling the identity of Viburnum laterale (Viburnaceae), a mysterious species disappeared nearly 100 years, based on morphological and molecular evidence. Authorea preprint. https://doi.org/10.22541/au.176868029.91745002/v1