Callicarpa

"Beautyberry" redirects here. Not to be confused with beauty bush.

Callicarpa
Callicarpa dichotoma 'Early Amethyst' (Purple beautyberry)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Callicarpa
L.
Synonyms[1]
  • Tomex L.
  • Johnsonia Mill.
  • Burchardia Duhamel
  • Illa Adans.
  • Spondylococcos Mitch.
  • Porphyra Lour.
  • Rodschiedia Dennst.
  • Geunsia Blume
  • Aganon Raf.
  • Amictonis Raf.
  • Sphondylococcum Schauer

Callicarpa (beautyberry) is a genus of shrubs and small trees in the family Lamiaceae.[2][3][4] They are native to east and southeast Asia (where the majority of the species occur), Australia, Madagascar, south-eastern North America and South America.[1][5][6][7][8]

  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ "Angiosperm Phylogeny Website - Lamiales". Missouri Botanical Garden.
  3. ^ "GRIN Taxonomy for Plants - Callicarpa". United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
  4. ^ Heywood, V.H., Brummitt, R.K., Culham, A. & Seberg, O. 2007: Flowering Plant Families of the World. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  5. ^ Leeratiwong, C., Chantaranothai, P. & Paton, A.J. (2009). A synopsis of the genus Callicarpa L. (Lamiaceae) in Thailand. Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) 37: 36-58.
  6. ^ Bramley, G.L. (2009). The genus Callicarpa (Lamiaceae) on Borneo. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 159: 416-455.
  7. ^ Bramley, G.L.C. (2013). The genus Callicarpa (Lamiaceae) in the Philippines. Kew Bulletin 68: 369-418.
  8. ^ Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 4, 紫珠属 zi zhu shu, Callicarpa Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 111. 1753.