粉团(原变种) fen tuan (yuan bian zhong)

Viburnum plicatum var. dilatatum Lindley; V. plicatum var. plenum Miquel; V. plicatum f. rotundifolium (Rehder) Rehder; V. tomentosum Thunberg f. plenum (Miquel) Rehder; V. tomentosum var. plenum (Miquel) Rehder; V. tomentosum var. plicatum (Thunberg) Maximowicz; V. tomentosum f. rotundifolium (Rehder) Rehder; V. tomentosum var. rotundifolium Rehder; V. tomentosum f. sterile (K. Koch) Zabel; V. tomentosum var. sterile K. Koch.

Lateral veins 10-12(-17)-jugate. Inflorescence with 6-8 rays, minutely yellowish brown stellate-pubescent, consisting of totally large sterile radiant flowers. Calyx tube glabrous.

Mixed forests, thickets; also cultivated; 200-1800 m. Anhui, Fujian, N Guangdong, NE Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, S Shaanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Japan].

Two forms may be recognized as follows. The typical form (f. plicatum) has its inflorescence composed totally of large sterile radiant flowers and is known from cultivation only, while f. tomentosum Rehder (J. Arnold Arbor. 26: 77. 1945; Viburnum tomentosum Thunberg in Murray, Syst. Veg., ed. 14, 295. 1784, not Lamarck (1779); V. plicatum f. lanceatum (Rehder) Rehder; V. plicatum var. lanceatum (Rehder) Rehder; V. plicatum f. latifolium Miquel; V. plicatum var. tomentosum Miquel; V. tomentosum var. lanceatum Rehder), the wild-related taxon, has its inflorescence composed of fertile flowers yet with 4-6 large sterile radiant flowers. The latter occurs in mixed forests and thickets at 200-1800 m in Anhui, Fujian, N Guangdong, NE Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, S Shaanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan, and Zhejiang.