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Spiraea bella Sims (S-Tibet, China (SW-Sichuan, NW-Yunnan), Bhutan, India, Nepal, Sikkim, Jammu & Kashmir (Poonch, Kashmir), Myanmar [Burma], Pakistan (Hazara) as per Catalogue of Life)

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Spiraea canescens D. Don (S-Tibet, China (W-Sichuan, NW-Yunnan), Bhutan, N-India, Nepal, Sikkim, Jammu & Kashmir (Poonch, Kashmir), Myanmar [Burma], Pakistan (Chitral, Hazara) as per Catalogue of Life)
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Spiraea vaccinifolia D.Don (Pakistan (Swat, Hazara, Murree), Jammu & Kashmir (Poonch, Kashmir), NW-India, Nepal as per Catalogue of Life
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BSI Flora of India Checklist (Distribution):

NameDistribution
Spiraea affinisJammu & Kashmir
Spiraea amoenaUttar Pradesh (syn. of Spiraea bellaSims as per POWO and CoL)
Spiraea arunachalensisArunachal Pradesh (syn. of Spiraea expansa Wall. ex K.Koch as per POWO)
Spiraea bellavar. bella (Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal)
var. blanceola (Wall ex Schneider) K.M. Purohit & Panigrahi (Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh) (?)
var. pubicarpa T.T.Yu & Lu (Jammu & Kashmir, Sikkim)
Spiraea blanc (?)Arunachal Pradesh
Spiraea blance (?)Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh
Spiraea canescensvar. canescens (Sikkim)
var. glaucophylla Franch. (Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal)
var. pyramidata K.M. Purohit & Panigrahi (Jammu & Kashmir) (?)
Spiraea cantoniensisHimachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal
Spiraea chambaensisMadhya Pradesh (Unplaced as per POWO and accepted as per CoL)
Spiraea darjeelingensisSikkim, West Bengal (syn. of Spiraea expansa Wall. ex K.Koch as per POWO)
Spiraea diversifoliaUttar Pradesh (Unplaced as per POWO and accepted as per CoL)
Spiraea duthieanaEndemic to India: Uttar Pradesh (Unplaced as per POWO and accepted as per CoL)
Spiraea emarginataJammu & Kashmir (Unplaced as per POWO and accepted as per CoL)
Spiraea gracilisHimachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir
Spiraea hemicryptophytaSikkim (syn. of Spiraea subrotundifolia Panigrahi & K.M.Purohit as per POWO)
Spiraea hypericifoliaHimachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh
Spiraea hypoleucaUttar Pradesh
Spiraea japonicaCULTIVATED TAXA
Spiraea lasiocarpaJammu & Kashmir
Spiraea micranthavar. micrantha (Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Sikkim, West Bengal)
var. glabricarpa K.M. Purohit & Panigrahi in K.M. purohit & G. Panigrahi (Sikkim)
Spiraea nayariiSikkim (Unplaced as per POWO and accepted as per CoL)
Spiraea nipponicaCULTIVATED TAXA
Spiraea panchananiiUttarakhand (Unplaced as per POWO and accepted as per CoL)
Spiraea panigrahianaUttarakhand (Unplaced as per POWO and accepted as per CoL)
Spiraea parkeriHimachal Pradesh (Unplaced as per POWO and accepted as per CoL)
Spiraea prunifoliaCULTIVATED TAXA
Spiraea raizadaeUttarakhand (syn. of Spiraea alpina var. alpina as per POWO)
Spiraea rhamniphyllaHimachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh (syn. of Spiraea vacciniifolia D.Don as per POWO)
Spiraea robustaArunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim
Spiraea subdioicaAruanchal Pradesh
Spiraea subrotundifoliaSikkim
Spiraea tanguensisSikkim (Unplaced as per POWO and accepted as per CoL)
Spiraea tibeticaSikkim (syn. of Spiraea alpina var. xizangensis (L. T. Lu) Businský as per POWO and CoL)
Spiraea vaccinifoliaArunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Nagaland, Uttar Pradesh
Spiraea villosicarpaWest Bengal (Unplaced as per POWO and accepted as per CoL)
Spiraea zabelianaUttar Pradesh (syn. of Spiraea arcuata var. arcuata as per POWO)

BinomialHabitNotesRef.Distrib.
Spiraea canescens D. DonShrubWestern Ghats,
Cultivated, Native of  Himalaya
Flora of Tamil
Nadu, VOL. I, 1983
Dindigul
Spiraea cantoniensis Lour var. florepleno Maxim. is a synonym of Spiraea cantoniensis f. lanceata (Zabel) Zabel ShrubWestern
Ghats, Cultivated, Native of East
Asiatic  Region
Flora
of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983
Dindigul
Spiraea cantoniensis Lour. var. cantoniensisShrubWestern
Ghats, Cultivated, Native of East
Asiatic  Region
Flora
of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983
Dindigul
Spiraea japonica L.f.ShrubWestern
Ghats, Cultivated, Native of East
Asiatic  Region
Flora
of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983
Nilgiri
Spiraea nipponica Maxim.ShrubWestern
Ghats, Cultivated, Native of East
Asiatic  Region
Flora
of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983
Nilgiri

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Botanical nameSynonymsFamilyCommon name
Spiraea bellaRosaceaePretty Spirea
Spiraea canescens Spiraea flagelliformis, Spiraea rotundifoliaRosaceaeGrey Stem Spiraea
Spiraea cantoniensisRosaceaeReeves’ Spirea
Spiraea douglasiiRosaceaeDouglas Spiraea
Spiraea japonicaRosaceaeJapanese Spirea
Spiraea prunifoliaRosaceaeBridal Wreath Spiraea
Spiraea vaccinifoliaRosaceaeBlueberry-Leaved Spirea

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Spiraea arcuata Hook. f. (Himalaya (Garhwal to Bhutan), Tibet, N. Burma, W. China)
Spiraea bella Sims (Himalaya (Kashmir to NEFA), S. Tibet, W. China)
Spiraea canescens D. Don (Himalaya (Kashmir to Sikkim), Tibet)
Spiraea cantoniensis Lour. (China, often cultivated in N. India & Japan)
Spiraea diversifolia Dunn (Himalaya (Kumaun, Nepal))
Spiraea hemicryptophyta Grierson (No distribution given)
Spiraea hypericifolia L. (S. Europe, W. Asia, W. Siberia, ?Nepal, Mongolia, N. China)
Spiraea hypoleuca Dunn (Himalaya (Garhwal to Nepal))
Spiraea micrantha Hook. f. (Himalaya (Nepal to Bhutan), Assam)
Spiraea vacciniifolia D. Don (Himalaya (Swat to Nepal))

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Spiraea alpina Pallas [Mongolia, Russia, Sikkim].
Spiraea arcuata J. D. Hooker [Bhutan, India, N Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim].
Spiraea bella var. bella [Bhutan, India, Nepal, Sikkim].
Spiraea canescens var. canescens [Bhutan, N India, Nepal, Sikkim]. 
Spiraea cantoniensis Loureiro (widely cultivated elsewhere in China [Japan])
Spiraea hypericifolia Linnaeus [Mongolia, Russia (Siberia); C and SW Asia, SE Europe]. 
Spiraea japonica var. japonica (Commonly cultivated in China [native to Japan and Korea])
Spiraea x vanhouttei (Briot) Carrière [of cultivated, hybrid origin].

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1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants By Kerry Scott Walter, Harriet J. Gillett, World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Spiraea diversifolia Dunn – Indeterminate- Uttar Pradesh

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Forest Plants of Eastern India By Amal Bhusan Chaudhuri (1993)- Brief details-

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Floristic Diversity and Conservation Strategies in India: Angiosperms (selected groups) and ethnobotany by V. Mudgal, P. K. Hajra – Botanical Survey of India, Ministry of Environment and Forests, 2001-
Spiraea amoena Uttaranchal Kumaon (is a synonym of Spiraea fastigiata Wall. ex C.K.Schneid. )
Spiraea canescens ssp. pyramidata J&K Pahalgam to Chandanwari
Spiraea darjeelingensis Panigrahi & K.M.Purohit West Bengal Darjeeling
Spiraea duthieana Zinserl. Uttaranchal Kumaon 
Spiraea micrantha var. glabricarpa Sikkim Zemu Valley
Spiraea nayarii K.M.Purohit & Panigrahi  Sikkim Tiatong, above Tallum, Sumdong
Spiraea panchananii Panigrahi & K.M.Purohit Uttaranchal Pithoragarh
Spiraea rhamniphylla Panigrahi & K.M.Purohit Uttaranchal, J&K, Himachal
Spiraea subdioica K.M.Purohit & Panigrahi Arunachal Pradesh Kameng
Spiraea parkeri Panigrahi & K.M.Purohit Uttaranchal

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Gardening in India By George Marshall Woodrow, G Marshall (1999)- Details-

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Floriculture in India By Gurcharan Singh Randhawa, Amitabha Mukhopadhyay (1986)- Details-
Spiraea betulifolia Pall.

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Spiraea (‎Rosaceae) : 1 post by 1 author.

I have updated eFI (efloraofindia) page on Spiraea (Pl. click).

Attempts have been made to incorporate most of the species available in India & nearby areas with details & keys directly or through links as far as possible. It’s quite possible that there may be some discrepancy in the accepted names & synonyms taken from other links.

Species discussed so far in efloraofindia are given at the bottom of the page in the form of links against Subpages. On clicking them one can see all the details.

If someone can provide complete list of Indian species with source references it will be wonderful.
Any comments/ corrections are welcome.


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Spiraea spp. AT/May 2019/13 : 3 posts by 2 authors.
Spiraeas growing in Shimla.
Spiraea canescens: wild
Spiraea cantoniensis: cultivated
Spiraea japonica: cultivated

Pl. go through Spiraea (Rosaceae) page with images of species in efloraofindia.

If you find any incorrect identification, pl. let us know.

If anybody can send images of other species of this genera (for incorporation in the website) to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com, it will be really nice.


Updated on December 24, 2024

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